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Camilla missed the open-air arrival ceremony for the Qatari emir but was expected to attend lunch at the palace as well as the banquet.
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The country’s late emir then annulled that parliament again and held an election for a new parliament, which now has been annulled with Thursday’s decision.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Even as Tamim, the Qatari emir, criticized Israel for the civilian death toll of its war in Gaza, Qatari officials worked closely with the CIA and the Israeli Mossad to negotiate a release of Israeli hostages from Hamas.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
Read the story » Further reading: Last year, Heidi Blake reported on four other royal women fighting to escape captivity, including Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruling emir.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
The country’s late emir then annulled that parliament again and held an election for a new parliament, which now has been annulled with Thursday’s decision.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2024
Even as Tamim, the Qatari emir, criticized Israel for the civilian death toll of its war in Gaza, Qatari officials worked closely with the CIA and the Israeli Mossad to negotiate a release of Israeli hostages from Hamas.
—Yoel Guzansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
Read the story » Further reading: Last year, Heidi Blake reported on four other royal women fighting to escape captivity, including Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, the daughter of Dubai’s ruling emir.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
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An evil queen, a charming prince, the titular princess, a magic mirror and a septet of characters named Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy all can be seen in the new trailer for Disney’s Snow White (due in theaters March 21, 2025).Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
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He’s played doctors, lawyers, Civil Rights icons (American and African), cops, soldiers, cowboys, pilots, teachers, coaches, princes, kings, and everyday people just trying to get by.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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That includes the Roman emperor (Mikey Day) performing a rap written by Lin-Manuel Miranda.William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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There, Lucius and his fellow gladiators must mount a full-scale attack on a warring ship for the entertainment of thousands of Romans watching, including its unhinged sibling emperors, Geta and Caracalla (Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger).Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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In both cases, the invaders found, hidden in a large room behind a hidden door, a stunning quantity of treasures representing the wealth of generations of kings.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 5 Dec. 2024
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Under the terms of his HBO contract, he was not allowed to appear in another returning series, meaning his only option was to play Anglo-Saxon king Harold, who famously died on the battlefield in 1066 after being shot in the eye with an arrow.K.J. Yossman, Variety, 4 Dec. 2024
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Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses.Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Additionally, internal Morgan Stanley documents, reviewed by the WSJ, revealed a case where the bank engaged with a client who claimed to be a princess with over $5 billion in assets for several weeks without conducting essential background checks or completing proper due diligence.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Since then, the powerhouse singer has taken to Broadway opposite Kit Connor in a revival of Romeo + Juliet, led a prequel to The Hunger Games trilogy and taken on the role of Disney princess with Snow White, due for release in 2025.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
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By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
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The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Khamenei on Saturday met with university students to mark Students Day, which commemorates a Nov. 4, 1978, incident in which Iranian soldiers opened fire on students protesting the rule of the shah at Tehran University.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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The shooting killed and wounded several students and further escalated the tensions consuming Iran at the time that eventually led to the shah fleeing the country and the 1979 Islamic Revolution.Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Emir.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emir. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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