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...world’s fifth wealthiest man, Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, is donating $20 million to Harvard to expand Islamic studies, the University announced yesterday. The donation will be used to launch a University-wide Islamic studies program and to endow four senior professorships, according to a press release. The gift will also fund a new initiative, the Islamic Heritage Project, which will digitize classic Islamic texts and make them available via the internet. Alwaleed, who is the nephew of the late King Fahd, became the center of controversy shortly after the September...
...others to watch are Prince Mithab, minister of municipal and rural affairs, who is considered close to the new King, and Prince Abdulrahman, deputy minister of defense, who like Nayef, Sultan and the late king, hails from the rival Sudeiri branch of the family. A long shot is Prince Talal, who runs an Arab reform organization and is the father of billionaire global investor Prince Alwaleed...
...days later, His Royal Highness Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, Chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company, a Saudi-based firm, donated approximately five million dollars in unrestricted funds to the Foundation...
...begun routinely. Salahdin (Captain Salah) Mahmoud, 47, an interpreter for TIME, and bureau assistant Talal Abu Karam, 50, were driving to an assignment when they found themselves sandwiched between two U.S. military patrols at a busy intersection in the western district of al-Qadisiyah. Both men knew immediately that their risky commute had suddenly become a lot riskier. Military patrols are frequently attacked by insurgent groups, and passing civilian vehicles often end up as collateral damage. As Abu Karam stopped to let the second patrol pass, Salah said, "This is not good...
...until her parents demanded that the wedding take place in a Christian church. After a visit home in 2003, he set off again for the U.S., hoping to find a wife, have a family, settle down. "He was hoping for a job that earns a lot of money," says Talal Naser, 25, who is engaged to one of Ra'ed's sisters. "He loved life in America, compared to Arab countries. He wanted to stay there...