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When Stuart Vevers moved to Madrid as the new creative director at Loewe last January, his knowledge of the city was close to nil. "I'd been here once for an interview," says the 34-year-old Brit. "The trip lasted about four hours." Twice weekly Spanish lessons prepared him for a new language but not a new culture. "After living in New York, Paris and London, Madrid is a complete change," he says. "It's about half the size, so at times you feel a bit more like you're in a town." That, combined with the city...
Robata, Calle de la Reina, 31 (34-91-521-8528; robata.es). I'm a big fan of Japanese food, and this is my favorite in Madrid...
...Whatever his preference, he'll have to get out of the Madrid airport first. On Monday, the fourth son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden took advantage of a layover on his Cairo-to-Casablanca flight to seek political asylum in Spain. But on Wednesday, Spain's Interior Ministry confirmed it had rejected his request. A ministry official said the government determined that bin Laden did not "meet the conditions necessary for entering Spain." (The ministry official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government policy.) He has 24 hours to make an initial appeal and remains...
...fact that Spain has been the victim of jihadist terror - 191 people died in the Madrid commuter train bombings of March 11, 2004 - would also seem to work against bin Laden's favor. "Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden himself have signaled that Spain continues to be a target," says Jesus Nuñez, co-director and security expert at Madrid's Institute for Conflict and Humanitarian Action Studies. "That would suggest that Spain isn't going to receive his [son's] petition with...
...also rejects the idea that bin Laden Jr. has cause to hope to win the support of his countrymen in Spain. Saudis do have considerable influence among Spain's Muslim community, since they have financed a number of mosques, including Madrid's huge Islamic Cultural Center, and also helped engineer, according to many observers, a recent, unexpected change in the leadership of Spain's Islamic Commission. But it hardly follows that they would support Omar, no matter how convincingly he distanced himself from his father. "Saudi Arabia wants to show the world it is doing everything it can to crack...