Определение hussein в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
Iraqi military and political leader. The president of Iraq since 1979, he waged war against Iran over a territorial dispute (1980-1988). His invasion and occupation of Kuwait (1990) led to the Gulf War. in full ussein ibn all born Nov. 14, 1935, Amman, Transjordan died Feb. 7, 1999, Amman, Jordan King of Jordan (1952-99). Educated in Britain, he succeeded his father, King all, while still in his teens. His country's precarious geographic and economic position and the many Palestinians living there (whom he, unlike other Arab rulers, offered citizenship and a passport) forced him to chart a cautious course in international relations. Though he carried on secret talks with all Israeli leaders except Menachem Begin, he joined other Arab nations against Israel in the Six-Day War (1967). When the Jordan-based Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) threatened his reign after defeat in that conflict, ussein expelled it (1971). Thereafter he sought to repair relations with the PLO without unduly antagonizing Israel or the U.S. He surrendered Jordan's claim to the West Bank in 1988, ceding it to the PLO. He considered his 1994 peace treaty with Israel his crowning achievement. Hussein ibn talal Saddam Hussein Taha Hussein
{i} family name (Arabic); male first name (Arabic); Hussein I, King Hussein, Hussein bin Talal (1935-1999), king of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999; Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), former Iraqi president and political leader (1979-2003) who was executed by hanging on December 30th 2006
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999)
Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999) Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)
Barack Obama (born 1961), African American junior USA Democrat Senator from Illinois who announced his candidacy for the 2008 United States presidential election
the king of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. He was admired by many people for his attempts to encourage peace between Israel and the Arab countries that surround it (1935- 99)
Saddam Hussein. the President of Iraq since 1979. He led Iraq in a long war against Iran (1980-88), and in 1990 he tried to take control of Kuwait. This caused the Gulf War, and Saddam's armies were forced to leave Kuwait by United Nations forces, led by the US (1937- ). born April 28, 1937, Tikrt, Iraq President of Iraq (1979-2003). He joined the Bath Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. Abd al-Karm Qsim in 1959, addm fled to Cairo, where he briefly attended law school. He returned to Iraq when the Bathists gained power in 1963. Jailed when the Bathists were overthrown, he escaped and helped reinstall the party to power in 1968. He led the nationalization of the oil industry in 1972. He took over the presidency with the aims of replacing Egypt as leader of the Arab world and of gaining hegemony over the Persian Gulf, and he launched wars against Iran (Iran-Iraq War, 1980-90) and Kuwait (First Persian Gulf War, 1990-91), both of which he lost. He instituted a brutal dictatorship and directed intensive campaigns against minorities within Iraq, particularly the Kurds. U.S. fears regarding his development of weapons of mass destruction led to Western sanctions against Iraq. Sanctions were followed by an Anglo-American invasion in 2003 (Second Persian Gulf War) that drove him from power. After several months in hiding, he was captured by U.S. forces. See also Pan-Arabism
or Taha Husayn born Nov. 14, 1889, Maghghah, Egypt died Oct. 28, 1973, Cairo Egyptian writer. Though blinded by an illness at age two, he became a professor of Arabic literature at the secular University of Cairo, where his bold views often enraged Islamic religious conservatives. An outstanding figure of the modernist movement in Egyptian literature, he wrote novels, stories, criticism, and social and political essays. Outside Egypt he is best known for his autobiography, the two-part Al-Ayyam, published in English as An Egyptian Childhood (1932) and The Stream of Days (1943), which was the first modern Arab literary work to be acclaimed in the West