He and some of his fellow qatari sheikhs , often tribal leaders in their own right , hold the traditional majlis where citizens can present petitions and air their problems .
A government official has indicated that the proposal negotiated on wednesday by opposition parties , tribal sheikhs and religious scholars has been positively received .
一位政府官员暗示,这份由反对党、部落酋长和宗教学者周三达成的倡议得到了积极的回应。
That should make it harder for trigger-happy oligarchs , sheikhs and foreign celebrities to use the threat of a london lawsuit to intimidate critics .
这会让那些好讼的寡头、酋长、外国名流更难以利用英国的诉讼恐吓批评者。
Some of the leading shias , who by most calculations represent more than 50 % of the total population , seem prepared to reach out to the sunnis , especially the biddable tribal sheikhs , provided they accept their new position as second fiddlers .
It is not that the religious sheikhs are calling for a retreat to the preaching role , says stephane lacroix , a french scholar of modern islamism who sees the nour party as relatively mature compared to salafist movements elsewhere .
On the security front , the best bit of news general petraeus had for congress is that local sheikhs in some mainly sunni provinces such as anbar , west of baghdad , have stopped fighting alongside al-qaeda and are now co-operating with american forces .
In their volatile part of the planet , the sheikhs cannot buy perfect security . But they might consider investing a bit more of their windfall in stabilising iraq and the broader middle east , not just in their fabulous pleasure domes .
The atrocity triggered a rash of resignations ; " bugs " of all kinds government ministers , hitherto loyal tribal sheikhs and ambassadors abandoned his cause .
这一暴行引发多人辞职;各类“虫子”内阁部长、此前忠诚的部落酋长和驻外大使们相继弃他而去。
Hillary clinton will face awkward questions about her husband 's financial ties with arab sheikhs and central asian oligarchs if barack obama nominates her as secretary of state .
如果奥巴马任命希拉里为国务卿,她将面临有关她丈夫和阿拉伯酋长以及中亚独裁者的财政关系的棘手问题
Previously television preachers fitted the stereotype of white-haired , bearded sheikhs in white robes , monotonously exhorting the faithful , in classical arabic , to follow the strictures of islam more exactly .