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As a precaution, Mr. Samad has stopped the resort's excursions to Male and advised guests not to go there.

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"People do think that someone who has won the Nobel Prize, he is a pride for Bangladesh, and it is also true that Grameen bank helped a lot of people to survive at least, whatever the criticism," said Samad.

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On Karumba Maldives, the nation's oldest luxury resort, only 10 minutes speedboat ride from Male, the manager, Abdul Samad, says he's running at 98% occupancy and has seen no dip in bookings.

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Abdul Samad, an uncle of four of the children, said his relatives were working in fields near their village when the aircraft attacked without warning.

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Sharing art is a movement toward that -- toward figuring out how each one of us want to contribute in a positive way toward participation and dialogue, Samad said.

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"The peace and liberty that we all want around the world doesn't take place in politics, nor in anger and distrust, but in real connections with people," says Samad Taleghani, the manager of the touring Dang Show.

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But the band, which is comprised of two brothers, Taha, who plays the saxophone, and Shaya, who plays piano Omid, the vocalist and percussionist, and Samad, were well aware that their generation was yearning to hear this nostalgic type of storytelling with modern music.

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We wanted to revisit our country's faded history, our myths, our father's lullabies, and the stories that were passed down to us, Samad says with great enthusiasm in his voice.

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Jewel Samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Obamas sipped Guinness at a pub in Moneygall, a village in rural County Offaly, Ireland, where the president's great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney hailed from.

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