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  • I don't remember the same outcry from Indians about the depiction of Bombay/Mumbai in "Salaam Bombay" as there has been about the more recent film.

    Salaam Bombay!: 20 years before Slumdog Millionaire 2009

  • Photos courtesy of Jeremiah bin Salaam (ben Shalom) via Giliai Collectibles.

    Sarkozy Wants to Ban the “Burqa” : Law is Cool 2009

  • Kira-Anne Pelican, blogging for the Times from the fest: "Whilst The Namesake doesn't have the same individuality and flair that [Mira] Nair showed in Salaam Bombay and Monsoon Wedding, it's an enjoyable watch all the same."

    GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 10/24. 2006

  • In both Salaams the word Salaam is Wajib, the words 'Alaikum Wa Rahmutullah' is not Wajib.

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

  • a non-profit organization, claim that Peter Salem, a former slave who fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill, must have been a Muslim since "Salem" bears an etymological resemblance to "Salaam," the Arabic word for peace.

    Right Truth 2009

  • As founder of Orphans International Worldwide OIWW, I am deeply impressed that Mira has used the proceeds of this film to establish an organization for street children, called the Salaam Baalak Trust in India.

    Jim Luce: Overseas Indian Elite Elect Their Best at Waldorf-Astoria Jim Luce 2011

  • I'm in Dar es Salaam, which is the commercial center of this vibrant, bustling country.

    CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2008 2008

  • (Soundbite of laughter) Ms. BURHANS: Because we have a restaurant here in town, sort of a silk road cuisine restaurant called Salaam and I noticed we won first runner-up for best place to work which makes me think that my employees and their friends must have been doing a lot of voting.

    Hot Tuna Founder Among The Coolest Of Athens, OH 2008

  • Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, which is hosting the talks.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • A joint project with the Palestinian Wildlife Society tracks the movement of storks and a griffon vulture called Salaam, which means '' peace '' in Arabic.

    The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines 2010

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