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  • Many Arabs incorporate the article al- or el- in English when their full names are used: Osama el-Baz.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • Many Arabs incorporate the article al- or el- in English when their full names are used: Osama el-Baz.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • The secret document described Prisoner 269, Mohammed el- Gharani, as the very incarnation of a terrorist threat: "an al Qaeda suicide operative" with links to a London cell and ties to senior plotters of international havoc.

    NYT > Global Home By WILLIAM GLABERSON 2011

  • The secret document described Prisoner 269, Mohammed el- Gharani, as the very incarnation of a terrorist threat: "an al Qaeda suicide operative" with links to a London cell and ties to senior plotters of international havoc.

    NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM GLABERSON 2011

  • Demonstrators in Egypt needed 18 days to get Hosni Mubarak to retire to Sharm el- Sheikh.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • That wasn't the case for Salafi candidate Abdel Monem el- Shahat, who lost in runoffs in Alexandria this month after attacking novelist Mahfouz and calling for the covering of statues.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

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