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Wasta or wāsita (Arabic: واسِطة, romanized: wāsiṭah) is an Arabic word that loosely translates into nepotism or 'clout'. It refers to using one's connections and/or influence to get one's way, usually in governmental matters such as preferential treatment in expedited document-issuing, visa approval, waiving of fines or misdemeanor charges and similar corrupt practices.
Rank Global rank Name Net worth in billion US$ Sector Citizenship Age 1: 305: Nassif Sawiras: 7.4: Construction, investments Egypt 62 2: 591: Issad Rebrab: 4.6: Food and beverage
Tunisian Arabic words and phrases (3 P) Pages in category "Arabic words and phrases" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 331 total.
It has Arabic to English translations and English to Arabic, as well as a significant quantity of technical terminology. It is useful to translators as its search results are given in context. [ 6 ] Almaany offers correspondent meanings for Arabic terms with semantically similar words and is widely used in Arabic language research. [ 7 ]
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is the conjunctive form "ruin of" (خربة) of the Arabic word for "ruin" (خرب, khirba, kharab ("ruined")) All pages with titles containing Khirbet; All pages with titles containing Khirbat; All pages with titles containing Khurbet; All pages with titles containing Kharab; Ksar, qsar, plural: ksour, qsour Maghrebi Arabic; See "Qasr"
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Global ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth 1181: Najib Mikati Lebanon Cyprus 2.8 billion: M1 Group, MTN Group: 1187: Taha Mikati Lebanon Cyprus 2.8 billion