Dr. Hammad Azzam is the author of Shifting Borderlines: How Science Fiction is Becoming Science.

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His famed Lurssen shipyard in Bremen will soon unleash the world's longest mega yacht, codenamed Project Azzam.

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"They have insulted us and our intelligence, " said Azzam, a 64-year-old grandmother clad in the long, black head-to-toe chador.

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"Some other countries do not have the enlightened, bold leadership to take them in this direction, " says Henry Azzam, the CEO of Jordinvest, a regional bank based in Jordan.

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The item consisted of a personal, authored film by Dr Azzam Tamimi of the Muslim Association of Britain, followed by a discussion among three British Muslims with very different perspectives.

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Project Azzam will be all about the yacht's length.

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At a time that Europe is very worried about jobs, the uptick in interest for mega yachts should be looked at in a positive light, even if news reports will soon be filled with gossip (and jealousy?) over Project Azzam and the "bells and whistles" yachts to soon sail away from the shores of Europe to the Middle East.

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