Alawi

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Read any good footnotes lately, professor? « BuzzMachine 2005

Iyad Alawi, is the secretary general of the Iraqi National Accord, an exile group that has received funds from the Central Intelligence Agency.

05/29/2004 2004

Thus, they always think that Alawi is as popular as white on rice, that whatever exile figure mouths neo-liberal platitudes must be moving the masses, and that polls which pretty much skip the massive poor neighborhoods as pollsters don’t like to die are as true as true.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Now, if you’re endorsing the view that Alawi is corrupt, you should have at least one explicit statement that you could cite.

Read any good footnotes lately, professor? « BuzzMachine 2005

"Everyone was running out of their houses," said Sofyan Alawi, adding that the roads leading to surrounding hills were quickly jammed with thousands of cars and motorcycles.

Indonesia Tsunami Kills 23, Scores Missing By NINIEK KARMINI 2010

"Everyone was running out of their houses," said Sofyan Alawi, adding that the roads leading to surrounding hills were quickly jammed with thousands of cars and motorcycles.

Indonesia Hit By Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption By SLAMET RIYADI 2010

"Nuzair" is a derogatory term used by Sunni Muslims against Alawi Muslims whom they claim are in fact closer to Christianity than to Islam Nuzair comes from the word Nazareth.

Haggai Carmon: Iran, Russia and Hezbollah: Strange Bedfellows in Syria Haggai Carmon 2011

That may be, but just to be on the safe side, food subsidies were dramatically raised, access to the social networks is blocked and the security forces in Damascus have been reinforced and are mainly composed of members of the Alawi minority.

Dr. Josef Olmert: Assad and Gaddafi: The Not So Odd Couple Dr. Josef Olmert 2011

Alawi -- an offshoot of Iran's Shia and Turkey's Alevi -- tend to be poor, clannish and disliked by mainstream Sunni as heretics.

Eric Margolis: Turkey: The Center of Everything Eric Margolis 2011

Nevertheless, the spreading of the unrest to Latakia, one of the few cities where the majority of residents belong to the minority Alawi elite 12% of the Syrian population, like Assad himself, implies that the days of the existing system may be numbered.

Syria: The Latest Victim Of The Arab Spring 2011