|
Aulaqi (other)
Aulaqi, Awlaki, or Awlaqi may refer to: People *Anwar al-Awlaki (1971–2011), Yemeni-American imam and reported member of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula *Abdulrahman al-Awlaki (1995–2011), son of Anwar al-Awlaki and American citizen killed in U.S. drone strike *Nasser al-Awlaki, former Yemeni minister of agriculture and Anwar al-Awlaki's father * Nawar al-Awlaki (2008–2017), daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki and American citizen killed in U.S. drone strike * Nihal Ali al-Awlaqi, Minister of Legal Affairs in Yemen * Saeed Aulaqi (born 1940), Yemeni dramatist and fiction writer *Saleh Al-Aulaqi (1938–1973), Yemeni politician and diplomat *Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki, (born between 1978 and 1983) Yemeni leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Places *Lower Aulaqi Sultanate, former state in British Aden Protectorate *Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom, former state in British Aden Protectorate *Upper Aulaqi Sultanate The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate ( ') was a state in the British Empire, British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Al-Awlaki
Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (; April 21 or 22, 1971September 30, 2011) was an American-Yemeni lecturer assassinated Drone strikes in Yemen, in Yemen in 2011 by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki was the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and assassinated by a U.S. government drone strike. U.S. government officials alleged that al-Awlaki was a key organizer for the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda. Al-Awlaki was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1971 to parents from Yemen. Growing up partly in the United States and partly in Yemen, he attended various U.S. universities in the 1990s and early 2000s. He also worked as an imam despite having no religious qualifications and almost no religious education. Al-Awlaki returned to Yemen in early 2004 and became a university lecturer after a brief stint as a public speaker in the United Kingdom. He was detained by Yemeni authorities in 2006 and spent 18 months in prison before being released witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki
Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki (also spelled al-Aulaqi, ; August 26, 1995 – October 14, 2011) was a 16-year-old United States citizen who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen. He was the son of Anwar al-Awlaki. Death and aftermath According to the United States government, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki's father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was a leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by a CIA drone strike several days before his son's death. The U.S. drone strike that killed Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki was conducted under a policy approved by U.S. President Barack Obama. Two U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity stated that the target of the October 14, 2011, airstrike was Ibrahim al-Banna, an Egyptian believed to be a senior operative in al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Another U.S. administration official speaking on condition of anonymity described Abdulrahman al-Awlaki as a bystander who was "in the wrong place at the wrong time", stating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasser Al-Awlaki
Nasser al-Awlaki (; 1946 – 28 September 2021) was a Yemeni scholar and politician, serving as Agriculture Minister of Yemen in Ali Abdullah Saleh's government. He was also President of Sana'a University. Biography He was a Fulbright Scholar and earned a master's degree in agricultural economics at New Mexico State University in 1971. He received a doctorate at the University of Nebraska, and worked at the University of Minnesota from 1975 to 1977. Nasser al-Awlaki served as Agriculture Minister of Yemen in Ali Abdullah Saleh's government. He was also President of Sana'a University. Yemen's prime minister from 2007 to 2011, Ali Mohammed Mujur, was a relative. He was the father of Anwar and grandfather of Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who were killed in separate U.S. drone strikes. After the deaths of his son and grandson, Nasser published a six-minute audio message condemning the U.S. for the killings. In the audio, he said of President Barack Obama: : Al-Awlaki claimed his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nawar Al-Awlaki
Nawar "Nora" al-Awlaki (; 2008/09 – January 29, 2017), the 8-year-old daughter of Anwar al-Awlaki, was killed on January 29, 2017, during the Raid on Yakla, a commando attack ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump.Ghobari, Mohammed and Phil Stewart"Commando dies in U.S. raid in Yemen, first military op OK'd by Trump" Reuters'', January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2023.'' Conducted in southern Yemen, the raid was an attempted attack on a branch of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. The raid in southern Yemen was conducted by the Joint Special Operations Command and was, according to a senior U.S. military official, intended to capture intelligence stored on computers. According to U.S. officials, in addition to the death of Nawar al-Awlaki, a U.S. Navy SEAL and three al-Qaeda leaders were killed. Nawar al-Awlaki's death gained national coverage and attention in both mainstream and online media sources. Nawar's grandfather, Nasser al-Awlaki, said of her killing, "She was hit with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihal Ali Al-Awlaqi
Nihal Naj Ali Al-Awlaqi (alternative spellings: Nihal Naji Ali Al Awlaki, Nehal Al-Awlaqi) (; born 1977) is a Yemeni lawyer. She was the Yemeni Minister of Legal Affairs from 9 January 2016 to 17 December 2020. In 2016 she received the International Women of Courage Award. Life Al-Awlaqi is from the Shabwah Governorate in Yemen. She received a Bachelor of Legal Sciences, Master of Law and Doctor of Laws degrees from Mohammed V University in Morocco. She speaks Arabic, English, and French. Al-Awlaqi became an assistant law professor at the University of Aden, where she worked on research and training on the status of women. In 2013–14, she was a member of the State-Building Working Group of the National Dialogue Conference. In March 2014, she was appointed a member of the constitution drafting committee (CDC), and was subsequently elected deputy chair of the CDC. She was a member of the government negotiating team in Geneva. In January 2016, she was announced as Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part of the Arabian Sea to the east, the Gulf of Aden to the south, and the Red Sea to the west, sharing maritime boundary, maritime borders with Djibouti, Eritrea, and Somalia across the Horn of Africa. Covering roughly 455,503 square kilometres (175,871 square miles), with a coastline of approximately , Yemen is the second largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. Sanaa is its constitutional capital and largest city. Yemen's estimated population is 34.7 million, mostly Arabs, Arab Muslims. It is a member of the Arab League, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Owing to its geographic location, Yemen has been at the crossroads of many civilisations for over 7,000 years. In 1200 BCE, the Sab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Aulaqi
Saeed Aulaqi (born 1940) is a Yemeni dramatist and fiction writer. His story "The Succession" has been translated into English and was anthologized in two anthologies published in the West (''The Literature of Modern Arabia'', 1988 and ''Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World'', 1995). As a playwright, he has tackled revolutionary themes and published a number of plays: * Nidaa' al-Ard (The Land's Call) * Fawq al-Jabal (On the Mountaintop) * al-Qawi Wa l-Aqwa (The Strong and the Stronger) * at-Tirka (The Inheritance) * Mashrou' Zawaaj (The Marriage Project) * al-Mahzala al-Idaariyya (The Administrative Farce). He also wrote a comprehensive history of the theatre in Yemen entitled ''Sab’oun ‘Aaman Min al-Masrah Fi l-Yaman'' (Seventy Years of Yemeni Theatre, 1980). According to the German scholar Gunther Orth, Aulaqi was born in 1946 in Aden Aden () is a port city located in Yemen in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleh Al-Aulaqi
Muhammad Saleh al-Aulaqi (1940 – 30 April 1973) was a Yemeni politician and diplomat. Aulaqi was the minister of foreign affairs of South Yemen and advocated for the unification of Yemen. On 30 April 1973, a South Yemen Air Force transport aircraft carrying diplomats on a tour of South Yemen crashed, killing all 25 people on board, including himself and several ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...s. References 1940 births 1973 deaths Yemeni trade unionists Foreign ministers of South Yemen {{Yemen-politician-stub Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1973 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Yemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa'ad Bin Atef Al-Awlaki
Sa'ad bin Atef al-Awlaki () also known by the alias Abu Al-Laith, is a Yemeni militant and the current emir of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, succeeding Khalid Batarfi. Life Al-Awlaki was born in Al-Shu'bah in Wadi Yasbam in the Al-Saeed District in Shabwa Governorate from the al-Awlaki tribe in either 1978, 1981, or 1983. Before his leadership of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, he was a member of AQAP's shura council. The Yemeni military falsely claimed to have killed al-Awlaki on 7 May 2014, during their offensive in southern Yemen. After the death of Khalid Batarfi, al-Awlaki was appointed as the new leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula through AQAP's media group, Al-Malahem Media, on March 11, 2024, which involved a statement reading by Abu Khubaib al-Sudani. Before al-Awlaki officially led the group, throughout 2019 till the death of Batarfi, he and al-Awlaki both led conflicting sectors of AQAP. According to the United Nations, this conflict was due to Bata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Aulaqi Sultanate
Lower Aulaqi ( '), or the Lower Aulaqi Sultanate ( '), was a state in the Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Ahwar. History The Lower Aulaqi sultans separated from the Upper Aulaqi Sultanate in the 18th century ( Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom separated around the same time). In October 1855 the Resident at Aden entered into an Engagement with Sultan Munassar bin Bubakar bin Mehdi of the Lower Aulaqi tribe, by which the latter bound himself to prohibit the importation of slaves into the country from Africa. He was murdered, together with his son Abdulla, in July 1863, and was succeeded by his cousin, Bubakar bin Abdulla. The authority of the Lower Aulaqi Sultan, over his tribe was rather limited, and Sultan Bubakar bin Abdulla was not always able to prevent the plunder of vessels wrecked on his coast. In 1871, however, he bound himself by an engagement to use his best endeavours to prevent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom
The Upper Aulaqi Sheikhdom () was a state in the British Aden Protectorate, the Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, and its successor, the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Sa'id. The area of the former state is now the central part of the Shabwah Governorate of the Republic of Yemen. History The Lower Aulaqi sultans separated from the Upper Aulaqi in the 18th century and the Upper Aulaqi sheikhs of Said made themselves gradually independent from the Upper Aulaqi Sultanate of Nisab during the same period. Shaikh Farid bin Nasir died on 2 June 1883 and was succeeded by his eldest son Ruweis. Ruweis was deposed by his tribesmen in 1890 and was succeeded by his brother Um Rasas bin Farid, who died in July 1902 and was succeeded by his brother the present Shaikh, Muhsin bin Farid. In 1889 the Upper Aulaqi Shaikh voluntarily signed an agreement abandoning all customary rights over the Fadhli and Abdali. On 8 December 1903 a treaty was concluded at Aden with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Aulaqi Sultanate
The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate ( ') was a state in the British Empire, British Aden Protectorate and the Federation of South Arabia. Its capital was Nisab, Yemen, Nisab. History The Lower Aulaqi sultans separated from the Upper Aulaqi in the 18th century. In September 1879, Sultan Awadh bin Abdulla was dethroned in consequence of old age and was succeeded by his eldest son Abdulla. Sultan Abdulla bin Awadh died on 11 December 1887 and was succeeded by his son, Sultan Salih bin Abdulla. A treaty was concluded between the British and the Upper Aulaqi Sultan on 18 March 1904 and ratified on 23 April 1904. The Upper Aulaqi Sultanate joined the Federation of South Arabia in June 1964, the last one to join. The last sultan was Sultan Awad ibn Salih Al Awlaqi. The last ruler was deposed in 1967 upon the founding of the People's Republic of South Yemen and the area is now part of the Republic of Yemen.Paul Dresch. ''A History of Modern Yemen.'' Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
