Iraqi leaders have fled their war-torn country."The intelligentsia in·tel·li·gent·si·a n. The intellectual elite of a society. [Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia, intelligence, from intellig have been beaten down, murdered, or fled." Visiting professor Abdul Sattar Jawad Abdul Sattar Jawad (born April 10, 1943 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi-born research professor in the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies at Duke University. He received a Ph.D in English Literature and Journalism, London's City University (UK). of Duke University left his native Iraq a year ago and is only one of many professors, doctors, lawyers, engineers, and other professionals who have left their beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. country. |
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