| The sheikh is ready to flee if the Lebanese security forces, considered to be in thrall to Hezbollah, make a move to arrest him. |
| Even in those straitened times, Hilal's family was reputed to have several thousand, although the sheikh was too old to ride a camel and rarely saw them. |
| Well, they couldn't make it, because the tomb of a popular saint or sheikh was in the way. |
| The local sheikh, who has not been named, has been enlisted by the Allies to select committee members. |
| And profits were defended by courts, so they were not subject to the larcenous whims of the local sheikh or rajah. |
| The sheikh and his supporters are much addicted to bakshish, which enables many a culprit to escape punishment. |
