Word: samarrai
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...powerful position. Many observers believe al-Yawer has the potential to become what the new Iraq sorely lacks: a moderate Sunni leader who can unite disgruntled Sunnis without alienating the majority Shi'ites. "He has a lot of strengths--a tribal background, a modern attitude, youth," says Iyad al-Samarrai, secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic Party, the largest Sunni political group. "He will be an important political figure in Iraq for a long time." Juan Cole, an Iraq expert at the University of Michigan, says, "He's the great white hope of the Sunnis...
...them--are recovering. A female sprinter, Al'aa Hikmet, will make the trip to Athens. Some 30 Iraqis will march in the Aug. 13 opening ceremonies. During the 2000 Games in Sydney, four Iraqis competed. "We still don't have nearly enough resources," says new Olympic chairman Ahmed al-Samarrai, an exbasketball player who defected to Britain in 1983. "But what we have is much better than nothing. And in Athens we'll be able to show the world that Iraq is back...
Iraq's resurgence gained momentum in January, when Iraqi sports officials elected al-Samarrai as head of the National Olympic Committee of Iraq (N.O.C.I.). Al-Samarrai saw that the N.O.C.I. had to alter its business strategy. Drawing on oil revenues and Saddam Hussein's seized assets, the CPA granted the N.O.C.I. a $10 million operating budget this year and a $3 million capital budget earmarked for a renovation of the national soccer stadium in Baghdad. The N.O.C.I. estimates that it needs $25 million to keep sports going and an additional $98 million to renovate gyms and soccer fields. The Iraqis...
...graduate programs might accept them. Another student thought he might have found a job in the United Arab Emirates. Even students without concrete plans have decided to get out. "I haven't a clue where I'm going, but it will be outside Iraq," says Omar Abdul Wahab al-Samarrai, 24, an English major who grew up in Europe and Africa. For years he had his heart set on a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but that idea slipped away as the country descended into violent chaos. "I want a chance in life," he says...