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Former Sudanese Prime Minister and head of the opposition Umma Party Sadeq al-Mahdi addresses residents displaced by the Merowe dam as they stage a sit-down protest against what they describe as injustice and oppression, inside the Umma Party Headquarters in Omdurman December 24, 2011. The Merowe dam project, which was completed in 2009, displaced tens of thousands of people and has long been a source of controversy. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Sudan: Al-Mahdi Returns to the Country From Self-imposed Exile

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East

Sadiq Al-Mahdi, the former Prime Minister of Sudan who is also the head of the National Umma Party and the religious movement the Ansar, will return to Sudan after spending more than two years in self-imposed exile in Egypt. His party and supporters announced that...

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Farhad Massoudi

Top Iranian Press Baron Dies

by Amir Taheri | Jan 25, 2016 | Media

Before the Khomeinist revolution in 1979, Farhad Massoudi was owner, president and chief executive of the Ettelaat Media Group, one of the largest media companies in the world with a dozen dailies, weeklies and monthlies in Persian, Arabic, English and French. Last...

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Pakistani police commandos stand guard outside the residence of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after a court ordered for his arrest in Islamabad on April 18, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Aamir Qureshi

Pakistan’s Musharraf Flees Court as Judges Order his Arrest

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 18, 2013 | World

Islamabad, Reuters–Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was forced to flee a courtroom on Thursday moments after judges ordered his arrest, dealing a fresh blow to his fast-fading hopes of reviving his political career at next month’s general elections....

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Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (C) salutes supporters outside the airport upon his arrival in Karachi on March 24, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ ASIF HASSAN)

Musharraf Returns to Pakistan from Exile

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2013 | World

Karachi, AFP—Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf returned home on Sunday after more than four years in exile, defying a Taliban death threat to contest historic general elections. Hundreds of well-wishers gathered at Karachi airport, beating drums,...

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Damascus, Syria. January 2013. Source: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images

Home is Where the Heart Is

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Mar 5, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

You will not see Ahmad in a television report, trapped in a war zone that used to be his home. He is not among the refugees escaping Syria for a new hell in the camps. Ahmad is one of the lucky ones: his dual nationality was his ticket out of Syria, and in August last...