Sentence examples for prominent clan from inspiring English sources

Her father, Antonio, came from a prominent clan of methane-gas suppliers in Reggio Calabria, on Italy's southern coast.

Since then, Koreans have watched every turn of the case, fascinated by a prominent clan that is sometimes called the Korean Kennedys.

He said they were pressured by Dr. Malakov's family — a prominent clan that is descended from rabbis and includes actors and musicians — who began publicly blaming her within hours.

"I think that the Trump visit brings hope to all of us Caribbean people," says Suriel, whose family has worked and lived in Puerto Rico since the '80s and managed to become a prominent clan in the San Juan area.

His father was a doctor and a member of Parliament; his mother hailed from Lebanon's Osseiran family, one of the most prominent clans in that country.

Some reports in the Arab news media suggested that Abu Sayyaf was a member of the Jaburi tribe, a prominent Sunni clan in Iraq, who had served time in Camp Bucca, a former U.S. detention facility in Iraq set up after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Hussein.

He belongs to the more prominent Behlolzi clan of the Mehsud tribe, Mr. Shah said.

Shiite peasants went to the home of a prominent Shiite clan leader and asked him to build a school.

Mr. Qawasmeh is from a prominent Hebron clan that has been linked to numerous attacks against Israel.

Protests here have crystallized around the thwarted efforts by one prominent Rapanui clan, the Hitorangi, to reclaim land on which a luxury hotel was recently completed.

Because he is the head of a prominent Pashtun clan and close to the former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, his supporters say most Pashtuns are likely to rally behind him.