Archive for April 13th, 2010

Algerian writer Ahlam Mosteghanemi first writer to sign deal with Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing

April 13, 2010
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Algerian writer Ahlam Mosteghanemi became the first writer to sign a deal with Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) for the translation of her last publication “Nisyan.Com” into English. The deal was signed shortly after BQFP was officially launched in London at a reception hosted last week by Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle, England. The...
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Medical staff up in arms following second assault on nurse

April 13, 2010
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Medical staff in Bahrain are up in arms following a new assault on a nurse by an angry sickle cell patient, three days after a doctor was seriously injured in an attack by a patient’s relatives. The nurse, an Indian national, was assaulted after she refused to give a patient a second dose of...
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Non Kuwaiti husbands may get Kuwaiti citizenship if wives approve

April 13, 2010
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A non-Kuwaiti man who marries a Kuwaiti woman will be granted the Kuwaiti citizenship if his wife of at least ten years approves his application, a government study has recommended. According to the study, other conditions required for the citizenship stipulate that the couple has at least five children. “The husband must not take...
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South Korea to hold cultural week in Qatar to contribute to the celebrations of Doha as 2010 Arab Capital of Culture

April 13, 2010
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South Korea will hold a cultural week in Qatar to contribute to the celebrations of Doha as the 2010 Arab Capital of Culture. South Korean Ambassador in Doha Chang See-jeong said that the cultural festivities would start on October 11 and would include a Korean food festival to introduce South Korean cuisine to the...
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Race for Arab League top position has begun, Qatari daily Al Watan reports

April 13, 2010
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The race to choose a replacement for Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa who is likely to leave at the end of his mandate has begun, a Qatari newspaper has reported. Quoting unnamed Arab diplomats, Al Watan daily said that the disagreement over whether the secretary general should be an Egyptian national would lead...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
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Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
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  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
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  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis
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