Farid ed-Din Attar (ca. 1140-ca. 1234) was a Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Living during a turbulent era of political uncertainty, he turned inward, exploring the realm of God and paths to Him through...
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An Egyptian charged with spying for Israel pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial on Saturday and claimed he had confessed under torture, a court official said.Mohammed el-Attar, who also hol...
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An Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel said Wednesday he confessed because he was tortured with electric shocks and his lawyer urged the court to throw out the confession.Mohammed el...
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An engineer from the Egypt's nuclear agency stole documents and gave them to the Israel's Mossad intelligence service in exchange for $17,000, a prosecutor said Tuesday, announcing the man's arrest...
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An Egyptian-Canadian man was convicted Saturday of spying for Israel and sentenced to 15 years in prison, with the judge accusing him of selling "his country and himself to the devil."The case, lik...
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In advanced countries, someone whose cell phone breaks down or becomes outdated usually tosses it and gets a new, fancier model. Ditto for the DVD player, Sony PlayStation, and even radios and watc...
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When Saddam Hussein was overthrown in 2003, the U.S. government encouraged Iraqis living in America to return home. They were seen as key to the rebuilding, since many were well-educated, well-to-d...
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Area: 185,180 sq km (71,498 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 18,542,000 (excluding 800,000 Iraqi refugees in late 2006)Capital:
Damascus
Head of state and government:
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Bashar
al-Assad
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At a makeshift roadblock of iron bars and car tires, a masked gatekeeper shines a flashlight into the driver's eyes and asks: Where do you live?In Lebanon, even that's a disturbing question.It dred...
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Lebanese army tanks on Sunday pounded the hideouts of a suspected al-Qaida-linked militant group inside a Palestinian refugee camp in a determined attempt to rout them out after hours of clashes ki...
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ʿAṭṭār, Farīd Al-Dīn
Farid ed-Din Attar
Egyptian: Torture forced spy confession
