Word: persian
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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This possibility that Lalari might not only be real, but also still kicking, set Rossoukh off on an epic journey of his own—one that culminated in a meeting with the Persian player himself. Back in Tehran, he relayed these adventures to Jaffari-Jozani, a friend of his and a renowned director. Jaffari-Jozani thought the tale would make an excellent film and wanted Rossoukh to star as himself. While that never quite panned out, he did offer Rossoukh a role in Coming of Age (which, coincidentally, the Museum of Fine Arts will be screening...
...ceremony, with Qatari and American VIPs in attendance, made history. Inside a huge tent on the outskirts of Doha, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani arrived with his wife Sheika Mouza, shattering an old taboo against Persian Gulf leaders appearing in public with their spouses. While the emir remained seated, it was his wife who got up and delivered the speech--in English, wearing a loose head scarf that took nothing away from her film-star looks...
...Muhammad was sent abroad, first to Germany and then to the Middle East to support the Persian Gulf War. As part of a combat-engineer unit, it was Muhammad's job to help destroy bunkers at a military sitelater found to have stored chemical weapons. Although there is no conclusive evidence that the soldiers suffered ill health effects, the Pentagon did acknowledge in 1996 that soldiers from some units, including Muhammad's, may have been exposed to low levels of chemical agents. In 1992 he was sent back to the States...
Makiya explained that opponents of democratization believe that the process would destabilize the entire Persian Gulf region and that the U.S. would need to rely excessively on rebel groups in Iraq...
...President Bush. With the help of Photoshop, its authors have replaced key words with the logos of major oil companies: “We SHELL® not EXXON®erate Saddam Hussein for his actions. We will MOBIL®ize to meet this threat to vital interests in the Persian GULF®,” and so on. In case the none-too-subtle point manages to elude its audience, a punchline is included—“It’s The Oil, Stupid...