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...protest Saddam's invasion of Kuwait. Al-Bayati's replacement as head of the university's computer program, Ahmed Makki Saaed, has retained his position too. Saaed, who al-Bayati says regularly denounced him as a spy for the U.S., is married to the recently nabbed Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a microbiologist whose alleged involvement in bioweapons research earned her the nickname "Mrs. Anthrax...
...your clothes and scream "What Makes Black Music Black?!" To avoid this sort of embarrassing situation, the Cambridge Multicultural Arts and Dialogues on Race Series is endeavoring to answer the question with a series of more subdued events. A jazz concert featuring Don Braden, Cercie Miller, Dominique Eade, Ron Mahdi, Tim Ray and Ron Savage kicks off the program, followed by a reception showcasing the paintings of Robert Freeman and the photographs of David Herwaldt. The event culminates in a panel and community dialogue focused on responding to the central question. Concert, 5 to 6 p.m.; Reception...
...during their failed operation to feed starving Somalis, assaulted Baidoa, a city of 300,000 people northwest of the capitol of Mogadishu. At least 10 people were reportedly killed, and Aidid is now holding 20 foreign aid workers against their will. Baidoa is controlled by a rival warlord, Ali Mahdi Mohamed. "It could just have been a looting run by Aidid in order to re-establish his leadership and get some supplies for his men," says Purvis. "But if Ali Mahdi decides to go after him and resume fighting, then there will be a major catastrophe with food getting...
...Besides recently, has always had a professorship that covers this period," said Jewett Professor of Arabic Muhsin Mahdi. "This new professorship allows us to maintain the continuity in Turkish studies at Harvard...
According to Professor Mahdi, the new chair has implications for Turkish studies in the United States...