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...already "done" Wafi Mall, which opened in 1991 and since then has virtually doubled in size, with a new subterranean "suq shopping experience" planned. We've stopped by the chic Emirates Towers Boulevard to mooch around Villa Moda, the designer emporium that also has stores in Kuwait, Qatar and Bombay. And Alanoud has taken me to the Village Mall, near her family home in the ritzy suburb Jumeirah, where the latest must-have accessory is a clutch bag made from a gutra, the checked head scarf worn by Arab...
...Eight SAS members visited 30 to 40 secondary schools in nine Middle Eastern countries—including Qatar, Kuwait, Palestine, and Lebanon—over 18 days before returning to Cambridge...
...masterminded by the students,” said Juhi G. Dagli, a research fellow at the Belfer Center who assisted in the organization of the trip. “Who to meet, what to do, everything was organized by students.”Four students will leave tomorrow for Qatar, the first stop in the 18-day trip, and four more students will join them in Dubai next week. The group will visit nine Middle Eastern countries, including Kuwait, Israel, and Lebanon, before returning to Harvard on Feb. 5.Many of the destinations included in the itinerary, including the West Bank...
...network and coordinate international operations. His network has forged links with jihadist groups in Europe that may be planning attacks similar to the London bombings last July. According to Arab counterterrorism authorities, since his arrival in Iraq, al-Zarqawi has been involved in attacks in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, Morocco and, most recently, the Nov. 9 triple-suicide bombing in Jordan. And American counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Zarqawi may also be reaching out to extremists hidden in the U.S. "He's certainly trying to assume the mantle of bin Laden," says an American intelligence analyst...
...Rushing will be based in Washington for Al Jazeera, which is backed by the government of Qatar and headquartered its the capital, Doha. Al Jazeera-International, which Rushing compares to the international versions of CNN and BBC, plans to start broadcasting in the U.S. in the spring of 2006. Rushing will likely do set pieces on issues, interviews and perhaps even have a 30-minute international affairs show. The format is still being finalized, but Rushing knows who he considers models: NBC's Tim Russert and Bob Costas, and National Public Radio's Terry Gross. The target audience, Rushing says...