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...didn't he--faint, that is? That was the question surrounding YASSER ARAFAT last week after an Egyptian official leaked word that the Palestinian leader had passed out during a contretemps with the Foreign Minister of Qatar while in Cairo. Arafat's office says no, but a Palestinian official, speaking to TIME, confirmed the blackout, saying Arafat's lips turned blue and his eyes rolled into the back of his head before a doctor came to revive him. The collapse occurred as Arafat tried to convince HAMAD BIN JASSIM that Qatar should cancel a Middle East economic conference to protest...
When he was eight, Ashong moved to Saudi Arabia and later on, Qatar, while his parents ran pediatric emergency care centers. There, Ashong went to international schools and spent his days among students who spoke four or five languages. His parents made an effort to expose Ashong and his sister to different cultures, and the family traveled all over the globe, from Canada to Thailand...
...Ashongs were still in Qatar when the Gulf War broke out. Their work prevented them from leaving the country, and the kids spent much of their time in a tiny bedroom with sealed windows and gas masks...
...other five Arab oil rulers, average age 69, are concerned that Qatar's policies may fan a desire for change within their own realms. Some of the friction comes from the new Emir's refusal to follow the lead of Saudi Arabia--by custom, elder brother to the small oil sheikdoms. And, sniffs a neighboring prince, "overthrowing his father in this way...Let's just say it was not well received...
...even a modest reformer prevail in a deeply conservative region? Qatar has a defense agreement with Washington, but the U.S. may not protect an Emir who is cozy with Iran and Iraq. Qatari traditionalists and some Western analysts believe it is naive to push democratic values in a society where many customs have remained unchanged since the Middle Ages. Over lunch, Hamad did something that still seems unthinkable to many. He introduced one of his three wives, Jassem's mother, who was modestly dressed in an ankle-length suit rather than in the customary robe. As she spoke of improving...