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Although they have no love for Saddam, no Arab government, with the exception of Kuwait's ruling Al Sabah family, with its bitter memories of Iraq's 1990 invasion of their country, supports the Bush administration's war against Iraq. That includes regimes with long-standing strategic relations with the U.S., like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Sure, these governments are discreetly helping with the U.S. military effort. But they are doing so only grudgingly, under American pressure...
Decorum was shattered at the Arab summit in Doha last week when Izzat Ibrahim, the Iraqi envoy, lashed out at Kuwaiti diplomat Mohammed Sabah al-Salem: "Shut up, you monkey ... Curse be upon your mustache." Those are fighting words in a region where men have been cultivating whiskers since the Ottoman Empire. More than a badge of manhood, the mustache is practically a totem: to seal a deal Iraqis literally swear by them; to compliment a man they say "an eagle could land on his mustache." During the Iraq-Iran war, facial hair was an extension of the military uniform...
...Smacked down: Despite Izzat's tirade, Kuwaiti envoy Sabah al-Salem, above, kept a stiff upper...
...goblets to beaded bikinis) and the commercial collection, which buyers find in the showroom. It's thanks to Eva, for example, that the micro-mini dresses that debut on the Cavalli runway miraculously reappear there in three different lengths. "Roberto comes up with the concepts," says Sheik Majed al-Sabah, a Kuwaiti retailer who is opening two new Cavalli boutiques in the Middle East this year, "and she makes it happen. He's out with the celebrities and she's at home in Florence making his dreams come true." And the dreams are bigger than ever. In addition...
...that al-Sabah has the brands, the store (including a franchise deal for a second store in Dubai) and the press--plus a little respect from his family--his ambitions have expanded. He didn't attend the haute couture shows last month. "My uncle, the Prime Minister, wants to have me involved in a new creative project--development and work in promoting tourism in my own way," al-Sabah explains. "You see, Saddam's days are counted, and Kuwait will experience a major change and big economic boom in the near future." So while the Americans and the Europeans have...