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Saudi businessman offers a collection of 1,000 silver Saudi one-riyal coins to Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.

June 4, 2010
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Saudi businessman offers a collection of 1,000 silver Saudi one-riyal coins to Museum of Islamic Art in Doha.

A Saudi businessman has offered a collection of 1,000 silver Saudi one-riyal coins to the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. The businessman, Bassam Omar Salama, said that the collection was part of 3 million Saudi one-riyal coins minted in the United States in 1944 at the request of King Abdul Aziz Bin Abdurrahman...
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Bands cancel performance in Israel following deadly raid on Gaza-bound ships

June 4, 2010
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Two bands have canceled their performances in Israel this week apparently due to Israel’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla. The Klaxons and the Gorillaz Sound System were supposed to arrive in Israel on Friday to headline the Pic.Nic. Festival in Tel Aviv. Although neither group provided an official reason for canceling...
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Student sits for exam less than four hours after delivering baby boy

June 4, 2010
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 A Tunisian married student sat for a college physics exam less than four hours after she delivered a baby boy. “I simply did not want to miss the exam and lose the academic year after so much work,” she said Maher Dammak, the college dean said that the student gave birth to her baby...
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Bahrain’s liberals need to feel street pulse to win in next elections

June 4, 2010
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Bahrain’s liberals have a chance to win seats in the next parliamentary elections if they are able to readjust their communication and interaction with the street, a political leader has said. “Contrary to all claims, the Bahraini street is very receptive to the idea of liberal representatives in the lower chamber,” Ahmad Juma, the...
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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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