BOUTEFLIKA Abdelaziz  
NAHNAH Mahfoud

AL-KHALIFA - the ruling family
SHEIKH HAMAD bin Isa al-Khalifa [Mideast News]
SHEIKH ISA bin Salman al-Khalifa - the late Emir [Mideast News]

GUELLEH President Ismaïl Omar (his home page)

CHAHINE Youssef [Arab Media] 
HAKIM Tawfiq al- [Arab Gateway] 
HUSSEIN Taha [Arab Gateway] 
KULTHOUM Umm [Arab Gateway] 
MAHFOUZ Naguib [Arab Gateway] 
MOUSSA Amr  
MUBARAK President Hosni [Presidential website] 
MUBARAK Suzanne [Presidential website] 
SAADAWI Nawal al- [Arab Gateway] 
SAID Aminah as- [ArabicNews] 
SHA'RAWI Hoda [ArabicNews]

AZIZ Tariq 
HUSSEIN Uday [BBC]

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ABDULLAH II King 
RANIA Queen [Mideast News]

AL-SABAH - the ruling family

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QADHAFI Muammar 
JALLOUD Abdel Salam

DADDAH Moktar Ould [Encarta]

MOHAMMED VI King 
MOHAMMED VI [Maghreb Observateur - in French] 
BARKA Mehdi ben  
BENAISSA Mohamed [Moroccan government website] 
JETTOU Driss [Moroccan government website] 
YOUSSOUFI Abderrahman [MEDEA] 
YOUSSOUFI Abderrahman [Moroccan government website]

PALESTINIANS

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ISRAELIS

BARAK Ehud 
BAR-ILAN David
BEILIN Yossi
GOLD Dore
HERZOG Chaïm
LEVY David
NETANYAHU Binyamin
PERES Shimon
RABIN Yitzhak
RAMON Chaïm
SHAMIR Yitzhak
SHARON Ariel
WEIZMAN Ezer

AL-THANI - the ruling family [Qatar Info]
AL-THANI - the ruling family [Medea]

AL SAUD - the ruling family

ABDULLAH bin Abd al-Aziz [Medea]
ABDULLAH bin Abd al-Aziz [Guardian]
BANDAR bin Sultan (an opposition view) 
FAHD bin Abd al-Aziz - King 
FAISAL bin Fahd (an opposition view) 
KHALID  bin Sultan (an opposition view) 
LAWRENCE T. E. ("Lawrence of Arabia") 
MOHAMED bin Fahd (an opposition view) 
NAYEF bin Abd al-Aziz (an opposition view) 
SULTAN bin Abd al-Aziz (an opposition view) 
WALEED Amir al-

AIDID/AIDEED General Mohammad Farrah Aidid [arab.net] 
EGAL Mohamed (Haji) Ibrahim -
President of "Somaliland"

ABOUD Ibrahim [Sudan.Net]
AZHARI Ismail al- [Sudan.Net]
BASHIR Omer Hassan al- [Sudan.Net]
DHAB Abdulrahman Siwar al- [Sudan.Net]
KHALIFAH Sir al-Khatim [Sudan.Net]
MAHDI al-Sadiq al- [Sudan.Net]
MAHGOUB Mohamad Ahmad [Sudan.Net]
NUMEIRY Gaafar Mohamad [Sudan.Net]
TOURABI Hassan al-

ASAD Bashar al- (president) 
ASAD Hafez al- (former president) [Ministry of Information] 
ASAD Hafez al- (former president) [MEDEA] 
ASAD Maher al- [MEIB] 
ASAD Rifaat al- [MEDEA] 
ASAD Rifaat al- [MEIB] 
KANAAN Ghazi [MEIB] 
KHADDAM Abd al-Halim [MEDEA] 
KHADDAM Abd al-Halim [MEIB] 
MUNIF Abdelrahman [Arab Gateway] 
SAYF Riyad [MEIB] 
SHAWKAT Assef [MEIB] 
TLASS Mustafa [MEIB]

BEN ALI Zine El Abedine - president [Tunisia Online]
BEN ALI Zine El Abedine - president [MEDEA] 
BOURGUIBA Habib - former president [BBC]

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