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za'im

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za'im

Political leader, either an officeholder or power broker. The term has been used especially in Lebanon, where it designated the power brokers of the various sectarian communities.



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The five-part Syrian series Hamam Al Qishani covered Syrian politics from the 1930s to the early 1960s, breathing life into figures such as former presidents Hosni Al Za'im and Adib Al Shishakli, and the legendary prime minister Khalid Al Azem, who was toppled by the Baath Revolution of 1963.
If you're a political party, movement, or za'im, you have a right to demand your share in the new government.
Jerusalem / PNN -- Israeli soldiers attacked an ambulance crew at the Al Za'im checkpoint in East Jerusalem as they were in the middle of transporting a patient suffering from renal failure from Jericho to a hospital in the city.
 
 
 
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