Word: riad
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more cautious. They realize that Arafat has transformed himself into a moderate in order to make peace and will have to curb his radical enemies. Still, they make it clear that they intend to do what they can to derail the interim plan. "We resisted the Israeli occupation," says Riad Malki, a West Bank spokesman for the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, "and we will resist Palestinian autonomy...
Raqsa bal Kamangani: Dance for Violin and Cello by Riad Abdel-Gawad juxtaposes Middle Eastern and Western sounds. The lower strings of both instruments are muted, raising the pitches by one-third. The piece opens with plucked violin and cello. The instruments make a rhythmic and harmonic pattern upset by occasional individual sounds. A mix of bowing and plucking follows, which then blends into furious bowing. The timbre is fascinating; the drama of the piece is rich...
...occupation. The army's campaign, which mainly employs undercover units -- "Arabized" is the term used by the media -- has produced a rash of Palestinian deaths under controversial circumstances. Palestinian leaders charge that the commando units are death squads. "We've seen this before, in Guatemala, Argentina, the Philippines," says Riad Malki, an activist associated with the outlawed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. "The idea is not to capture fugitives but to eliminate them...
...Shiloh. Dov Weiner, 11, was returning home from therapy for a gunshot wound in his shoulder sustained during an October bus attack. In the gunfire on Jan. 14, the boy was hit again, this time in the leg. Later that night, Jewish men drove to the home of Riad Malki, a Palestinian hard-liner, pelted the house with stones, broke several windows and spray-painted Stars of David on all the entrances. Although Malki's house is under Israeli surveillance, the army did not intervene. Neither did the Israeli police, who waited until morning to answer Malki's call...