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...It was in this environment that Faris Saad Al-Shathir founded Boffo, a local artist residency, in 2012....
...“We had a Covid-19 isolation unit at the camp but it was shut down last month by the local authorities,” said Faris Al-Jawad, a spokesperson with the Médecins Sans Frontières team on Lesbos....
...“We can see the government is trying to create laws which are helpful to entrepreneurs,” says Faris al-Rashed al-Humaid, founder and chairman of Oqal, Saudi Arabia’s first angel investor network....
...His youngest son, Faris, 13, was born on the day he arrived at Guantánamo Bay in 2002....
...Much turns on the duality of Mr MacDougall’s role, both as counsel to Alba and its employees – the chairman, Mahmood al-Kooheji gave testimony during the trial – and also as a prosecution witness himself...
...Mr Al-Kooheji said that one A&O lawyer, in a “very, very intimidating” tone, insisted that Mr Kooheji knew that payments between Mr Dahdaleh and Sheikh Isa had been approved....
...The witness is Mahmood al-Kooheji, the chairman of Alba, Bahrain’s state-controlled aluminium conglomerate....
...The court heard that Mr MacDougall offered to be a witness for the prosecution after a meeting with A&O at Akin Gump’s London offices with his client, Mahmood Al-Kooheji, Alba’s chairman....
...Mahmood Al-Kooheji, chairman of Alba, the Bahraini state-controlled aluminium company at the heart of the case, and the company’s lawyers from the US firm Akin Gump, were under the impression that they would...
...They were no longer able to act for him following allegations they had improperly approached another prosecution witness, Mahmood Al-Kooheji, days before Mr Dahdaleh’s trial was due to start in April....
..., Mr Dahdaleh’s trial was postponed for months after allegations that two senior lawyers at Allen & Overy, who were then defending Mr Dahdaleh, put “substantial pressure” on prosecution witness Mahmood al-Kooheji...
...The jury had already heard testimony by Mahmood al-Kooheji, Alba’s chairman, that Qays Zu’Bi, Mr Dahdaleh’s Bahraini lawyer, suggested during a Manama meeting attended by two other of Bahrain’s deputy prime...
...“It’s a kind of punishment against the simple people, the nation,” said Khaled Faris, owner of a petrol station in Gaza City where hundreds of cars and motorbikes were queued up, with police standing by...
...“The demand is there,” says Mr Kooheji. “We are next to the GCC and Saudi investment is coming.’’...
...The SEA’s existence cannot be understood except in the context of the digital activism that was employed by revolutionaries in the Arab Spring, argues Stephan Faris, in his analysis, the Hackers of Damascus...
...Revolutionary songs blare from loudspeakers over the shabby tents of Change Square in Sana’a, where Faris al-Sabri and other members of Yemen’s permanent rebellion have been living for almost two years....
...Mahmood Hashim al-Kooheji, Alba’s chairman, praised Alcoa’s management for the way they dealt with the allegations and said the “landmark” case should encourage other overseas companies to bring similar...
...His deputy, Mahmoud al-Kooheji, was later named to the top job at the sovereign fund. People on the move is a fortnightly column by the FT Middle East team....
...Faris Mana’a, a member of a prominent local family, said the governor of the area had fled and he was now in charge....
...“Alba is a flagship business for Bahrain and has a positive outlook going forward, given its strong operational track record,” Mahmoud al Kooheji, Alba’s chairman, said....
...Yet quite the reverse is true, says Mahmoud al-Kooheji, chairman of the company....
...“We’ve managed to develop a very good downstream industry, and nearly 50 per cent of our products go into the local market,” says Mr Al-Kooheji....
...●Abu Dhabi Investment Company has appointed Nazem Al Kudsi as CEO. Mr Al Kudsi was chief investment officer at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi Asset Management Group....
...Hamad al-Malki, an EDB associate tasked with educational reform, says Bahrain aims to cherry-pick the best ideas of other similar economies, such as Ireland and Singapore, which have fuelled growth through...
...It is a good place to try regional cuisine, such as the Uzbek fare at Alasa on Fari Aka street and the Azerbaijani food at Al Fahri....
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