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...“I’m not a fashion victim, I don’t go to the Milan shows, I don’t follow models,” she states. “What interests me is creativity, and the way people use clothes to tell stories.”...
...Nor could my eye take in the scope of Najaf’s Wadi-al-Salam cemetery where an estimated 6mn Muslims are buried....
...Murphy, 48, describes her dream of creativity as a “flow state”: “When I’m performing, when I’m writing, when I’m in the mode of creation, when an idea comes to me, whether it’s a visual one, or when I’m...
...I’m not talking about a nationalistic penchant or the eagerness to possess a land per se, but rather a desire – a longing – to protect it, to safeguard something fleeting....
...It’s Friday, and about 150 people are gathering for Jumu’ah, the weekly congregational prayer at the al-Salam mosque....
...Stability is no use if you just sit waiting for fate to change your destiny,” said Salam Shati a retired teacher, who voted for Mr Abadi’s list....
...“I’m not afraid,” says Ahed. “I feel like the moment I want to be something else, I can be that. If I decide to be an actress, I will be an actress....
...His partners recently met representatives of Kuwait’s Alshaya group, a major franchise owner, with brands like H&M, McDonald’s and Starbucks....
...“I’m a foreigner,” he adds. “Everything they give me is OK.” These days he has little interaction with Germans....
...Wael Basheer, who was leading our impromptu trespassing party, called out in greeting: “As-salam alaykum!”...
...There is a real gap in the market, argues Salam Saadeh, founder and chief executive of Active M, a venture capital investment and advisory group....
...He picked Paul “I’m a numbers guy” Ryan to be his running mate, adding: “I’m a good enough numbers guy”. Not good enough, though....
...Salam Khalaf, the spokesman for the Martyr Sadr hospital, moonlights as a photographer and is also taking evening classes in economics and management....
...In Bahrain, where political instability has rattled lenders, Bahrain Islamic Bank and Al Salam Bank announced last month a plan to merge into a single lender with BD1.7bn ($4.5bn) in assets....
...Tarfa Salam is a London-based designer who has worked on interior schemes across the Middle East, many of which have involved the purchase of art....
...“I’m not really into high-fiving myself, but there’s also a lot of pressures for this not to go wrong,” Mohseni says....
...“Americans have lost this game,” says Abdul Salam Jan, a farmer who grows pomegranates in neighbouring Arghandab, where US troops pushed out Taliban fighters in fierce battles two summers ago....
...“I’m not thinking about anything. I’ll graduate and then come back here.”...
...But, he says, “I’m happy to go out there doing the things I’m doing …I’m fascinated by the Middle East peace process and I want to work on it....
...The Sleepyhead’s Bedside Companion By Sean Coughlan Preface £12.99, 256 pages FT Bookshop price: £10.39 Sleeping is one of the few things I’m really good at, so what could be more welcome than this...
...the message, saying the German plans to boost spending were already “a considerable contribution, which must now take effect …that is why we don’t think we need to draw up new stimulus packages, and I’m...
...An honourable mention also goes to the fixed-income team at M&G for their wonderful blog at www.bondvigilantes.com ....
...Big questions remain about M&S’s long-term strategy: whether its audience is too old, also the positioning of its food business....
...If I’m very senior in an organisation that loses billions, there is no way I should get a bonus. Any well-designed compensation plan will have clauses to this effect. Where are we right now?...
...But what makes it is Madame Salam’s taste. As I walked through the Tuileries Gardens to the Louvre I felt uplifted simply by being in the beautiful city....
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