Most striking for Selim was a piece of performance art by Jerusalem-born artist Yael Davids.

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"Selim's a good motivator, " says Johnny W. Futch, a production supervisor, who led the two-month effort.

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The father of Muhammad Selim al-Awa, another Islamist would-be president, is rumoured to be Syrian.

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But Hariri returned in October 2000, taking his old job back off the political veteran Selim al-Hoss.

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One such potential figure is Muhammad Selim al-Awa, a conservative intellectual with ties to the Brothers who nonetheless defends the army's privileges.

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Built for Sultan Selim II in the sixteenth century, it has withstood numerous earthquakes and can accommodate more than five thousand kneeling worshippers.

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Hasan Selim Ozertem, a security expert at the International Strategic Research Organization in Ankara, said Friday's attack could be related to recent arrests of DHKP-C members.

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Here's how much Selim Bassoul loves customers--even the smallest ones.

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"I have great faith in Selim, " she now notes.

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On that day the musketry and artillery of Selim the Grim, the Ottoman sultan, blasted to shreds the sword-wielding cavalry of Egypt's 250-year-old Mamluk sultanate, opening the way to 400 years of Ottoman Turkish rule over all but the peripheries of the Arab world.

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