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| [[Image:El-sahir-siddig.jpg|200x200px|right|thumb|El Sahir]] | | [[Image:El-sahir-siddig.jpg|200x200px|right|thumb|El Sahir]] |
− | The Sheikh's advisor and right hand man, El Sahir was our principal contact and go-between during our visit. He came into Sheikh Al Tabr's employ through an offer he 'found hard to refuse' and one assumes it was during his career as a Companion (now retired). It was El Sahir who approached us with the idea of staging a coup to depose the Sheikh, siting the ethical inconsistency of fighting for independence while turning a blind eye to 160 women held in slavery. While he did not explicitly state it, he hinted strongly that the women were being abused. | + | The Sheikh's advisor and right hand man, El Sahir was our principal contact and go-between during our visit. He came into Sheikh Al Tabr's employ through an offer he 'found hard to refuse' and one assumes it was during his career as a Companion (now retired). It was El Sahir who approached us with the idea of staging a coup to depose the Sheikh, siting the ethical inconsistency for fighting for independence while turning a blind eye to 160 women held in slavery. While he did not explicitly state it, he hinted strongly that the women were being abused. |
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− | =='''''HOW TO SPEAK CHINESE'''''==
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− | '''Jǐnggào! Dǎodàn suǒdìng jiǎncè.''' = Jing-'''gow!''' Dow-'''dan''' Swah-'''ding''' '''jee'''-ehn-zhuh = Warning! Missile lock detected. [http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|zh-TW|Warning!%20Missile%20lock%20detected Sound clip]
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− | =='''''HOW TO SPEAK RUSSIAN'''''==
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− | '''Yebani v’rot''' = Ебаны в рот = Yee-'''bah'''-nee v’roht = Holy shit!/Fucked in the mouth [http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|ru|%D0%95%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%20%D0%B2%20%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82 Sound clip]
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− | '''Bozhe moi''' = Боже мой = '''Boh'''-zheh moy = My God! (exclamation) [http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#ru|en|%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B5%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B9!%20 Sound clip]<br>
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− | =='''''HOW TO SPEAK ARABIC'''''==
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− | '''Salaam''' = سلام = Sah-'''lahm''' = Peace
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− | [http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|ar|Peace Sound clip]
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− | '''Malak''' = الملاك = Mah-'''lahk''' = (the) angel
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− | '''Fatima''' = فاطمة = fah-'''tee'''-mah = woman's name, tr. one who weans infant, one who abstains
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− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_(name) Definition]
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− | =='''''HOW TO SPEAK PERSIAN'''''==
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− | '''zenana''' = زنانه = zeh-'''nah'''-nah = women's quarters of a household; harem
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− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenana Definition]
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− | =='''''EPHEMERA'''''==
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− | ===''Rina's Note''===
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− | Dashed off in one of Rina's numerous notebooks and carefully detached for delivery.<br>
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− | [[Image:EP703IrnNte.png|350x350px|left|thumb|Irina's Note to Sheikh Al Tabr]]
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− | =='''''UNANSWERED QUESTIONS'''''==
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− | #Why would El Sahir accept the offer 'he couldn't refuse' if he found Al Tabr too distasteful?
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− | #El Sahir intimated that he's trying to protect the people and the women at the compound. We find a woman in the harem who was working with him. Is this woman, Salah, in cahoots with El Sahir because ..?
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− | ##He took pity on her?
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− | ##He is her champion inside the household?
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− | ##Are they lovers?
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− | ##Or did she support his idea of the coup and wanted to ally herself with the winner?
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− | ##Or did she present the idea to El Sahir herself? Was she playing ''him''?
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− | #Independent boots are on the ground in Boros.
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− | ##What sort of fighting is going on there? Are there any strategic points for the Alliance?
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− | ##What happens to the Ares shipyards? Will the Independents fight to take Ares for the resources? Or destroy it to deny their enemy the same?
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− | #Nala Earhart Johannsen runs a station on the Underground Railroad, if not actually is a founder of it.
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− | ##What sort of traffic will the fighting kick off on the Railroad?
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− | ##What sort of punishment do the Conductors face if they're discovered?
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− | ##What happens to the Passengers?
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− | ##How are the Passengers getting off the planet? By ship? If so, whose?
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− | ##Once off Boros, do the Passengers continue along to more Stations? Or are they off the Railroad and travel by regular means?
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− | #How widespread and organized is the Railroad anyway? Is it just in Georgia or does it exist in the other systems as well?
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− | #If the Independents win Boros, will it be their jumping off point to reclaiming the entire system?
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− | ##If so, where will they strike next?
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− | ##Will this victory encourage the other occupied worlds to rise up against the Feds?
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