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...“This is an army of militias and it is becoming more and more evident,” said Omar Ashour, a professor of military studies at the Doha Institute. “It makes unity of command very difficult.”...
...Helena Morrissey: Granny H Christmas is a big deal in the Morrissey family....
...Omar Iqtidar has been appointed as head of M&A for what Citi calls CEEMEA. Miguel Azevedo has been named head of investment banking for the Middle East and Africa....
...Thomas H Lee Partners, a private equity firm, has appointed Gregory Maxon as a managing director in the newly created position of head of capital markets....
...‘Between Four Walls’ by Femke Dekkers is at the C&H art space in Amsterdam from October 17 to November 21; ch-artspace.com...
...Omar Saad, an analyst at Evercore ISI, points out that generating brighter annual comparisons has been easier for JC Penney than rivals, given how sharply its sales had fallen — they were down almost 25...
...Omar Ashour, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter and a non-resident fellow at Brooking Doha Center, believes there may be “a truce without major consequences for the foreign policy of either Egypt...
...“It’s expected; when you have a military coup and that level of repression against an elected government, subsets of the opposition will become quite angry,” said Omar Ashour, an Egypt and Middle East scholar...
...Omar Simmons, a private equity executive who closed more than 20 principal transactions exceeding $2.6B in aggregate transaction value....
...“It was a very complex and daring attack, a mix of regular guerrilla light infantry tactics and light artillery,” said Omar Ashour, a senior lecturer at Exeter university and a research fellow at the Brookings...
...Pashtun leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan, including the late Mullah Omar, were trained in puritanical Deobandi madrassas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border before imposing their joyless, patriarchal...
...They have taken control of Tripoli and declared their own “national salvation government” under the leadership of Omar Hassi. Jihadis are emerging as a third force....
...Shuman has been a supplier of H&M, one of the country’s largest buyers, for 12 years. H&M are, however, ditching suppliers that use multi use facilities, like Rana Plaza was....
...First, there is the disjunction between the Chinese A-share market, largely restricted to domestic investors but opening slowly, and the market for H-shares, quoted in Hong Kong and available for international...
...“This is one of the myths in Egypt: that if you put the right people in the right place you will solve everything,” said Omar Ashour, lecturer in Middle East politics at the University of Exeter....
...Omar Ashour, a professor at Exeter University who has done research in the Sinai, said it was possible local tribal leaders had helped negotiate the release, or that Salafi militants who had laid down their...
...As Omar Ashour, an expert on Islamist movements at the University of Exeter, says, the name emphasises support for Islamic law “when implementation of sharia is a possibility”....
...“Morsi’s power struggle with the military continues, but this is the first time in Egyptian history that an elected civilian overrules and sacks generals,” said Omar Ashour, professor at Exeter University...
...“Distrust is one of the pillars of this crisis,” says Omar Ashour, senior lecturer in Arab Politics at the University of Exeter....
...“It is clear Morsi decided that it was time for hard action and that he is listening to hawkish advisors,” said Omar Ashour, senior lecturer in Arab politics at the University of Exeter....
...“You will find Salafis who preach what they never practised and others who are more committed,” says Omar Ashour of the University of Exeter....
...“It means [Mr Morsi] is gaining ground,” said Omar Ashour, a professor at Exeter University and visiting scholar at Brookings Doha....
...Omar Ashour, a political analyst with Brookings Doha Center who has studied Libya’s jihadis, said that although some Islamists have been able to transform themselves from militants to politicians, there...
...“A key issue is that the army had very specific demands with a minimum and a maximum,” said Omar Ashour, visiting scholar at the Brookings Doha Center, the political research body....
...Omar Ashour, a analyst at the Brookings Institution’s Doha Centre, said that crucial to further democratisation would be the Brotherhood’s ability to shed its tendency towards “excluding others” politically...
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