Jawad al-Maliki

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  1. Wadood

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/world/middleeast/23maliki.html

    You might be wondering why is this guy named al-Maliki. Not because he used to be Maliki but then became a shi'a rafiDi but retaining the name al-Maliki, also not because he was an immigrant to 'Iraq from the Maghreb.

    Actually, al-Maliki is an 'Arab shi'a rafiDi tribe in southern 'Iraq near BaSrah. It is part of another bigger tribe, so you could say it is a clan, named after a father who was named 'Malik' hundreds of years ago.
     

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