18 families in faulty building seek emir’s help - Saudi Gazette
27 May 2012, 3:33 pm
MAKKAH – Eighteen families whose apartments here developed cracks last Wednesday are seeking help from Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah region. Having suddenly found themselves without a home due to structural defects in their apartment building ...

Proposals for Mina, unplanned areas put forward at Haj forum - Saudi Gazette
27 May 2012, 3:33 pm
MAKKAH – The 12th Haj Research Forum was inaugurated Saturday by Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah region. Local and foreign Haj and Umrah professionals and researchers attended the two-day forum in which several proposals were put forward.

Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke wins second Palme d'Or for Amour - The Guardian
27 May 2012, 2:00 pm
Haneke joined just five others to have won the Palme d'Or twice, including Francis Ford Coppola and emir Kusturica. Amour, which stars Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva as an elderly couple struggling to cope after one of them suffers a series of ...

Videotaped Chechen Rebels’ Meeting Indicates Their Numbers Are Underestimated - Jamestown Foundation
25 May 2012, 5:49 am
Umarov chaired the April meeting of the Shura (council) of Western Chechnya, in which his naib (deputy) emir Khamzat also took part along with commanders of the Western Chechnya sectors. The latter included the emir of the Achkhoi-Martan sector ...

Nigeria: Violence Alien to Islam - emir - AllAfrica.com
24 May 2012, 10:10 pm
Kaduna — emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, yesterday, said that the continued violence in the North was not Islamic, saying "Islam means peace and tolerance." Bayero spoke, yesterday, in Kaduna at a parley with a 28-member joint delegation of the World ...

Qatari emir owns UK’s priciest mansion - Presstv
22 May 2012, 7:25 am
The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has spent millions of pounds on renovating his royal mansion in London, which can turn out to be Britain’s priciest property. Qatar’s royal family bought their 185-year-old mansion on Dudley House ...

Qatar emir urges Israel to choose peace - YNET News
20 May 2012, 12:50 pm
Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, on Sunday urged Israel's coalition government to opt for peace and not bet on Arab leaders against their people amid sweeping Arab Spring uprisings. "I call on Israel to take a positive step in favor of ...

Qatar emir advises Israel: Make concessions for peace - Middle East Online
20 May 2012, 11:31 am
DOHA - Qatar's emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, on Sunday urged Israel's coalition government to opt for peace and not bet on Arab leaders against their people amid sweeping Arab Spring uprisings. "I call on Israel to take a positive step in favour ...

CE emir Dokku Abu Usman holds meeting and visits base of Mujahideen - Kavkaz-Center
18 May 2012, 1:28 pm
- Abdu-Sabur, emir of the Sunzha Sector of the Nokhchicho, or Chechnya, Province; - Muhammad, emir of the combined Sunzha sector of Province of Nokhchicho and Ghalghaycho, or Ingushetia; - Zaurbek Avdorkhanov, emir of the Kurchaloy Sector; - Abdu-Rahman ...

Kuwaiti emir Vetoes Sharia Law - Arutz Sheva
18 May 2012, 7:23 am
emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Thursday blocked a proposal to amend the constitution to make all legislation in the country comply with Sharia law. “His highness the emir is not in favour,” Islamist lawmaker Mohammad al-Dallal told reporters.