The two men are said to be related by a family marriage.

BBC: Asia

An American, he was related both by background and by marriage to the country he was writing about, and he covered the war from the beginning, at times with a Serb price on his head.

ECONOMIST: The Yugoslav war

Indeed Saudi women understand that getting behind the wheel of their cars today has to do with gaining their right to vote, travel and work without the written permission of a male guardian, and move around their country without a male chaperone related to them by blood or marriage.

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