التفرد في الشارع الفلسطيني

English translation: Monopoly

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Arabic term or phrase:التفرد في الشارع الفلسطيني
English translation:Monopoly
Entered by: Hasan Abu Khalil

22:09 Nov 17, 2007
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics / السلطة
Arabic term or phrase: التفرد في الشارع الفلسطيني
إنهاء حالة الإحتقان الفلسطيني من خلال صندوق الإقتراع الذي ينهي بدوره حالى التفرد في الشارع الفلسطيني
loucy
Local time: 15:52
Monopoly
Explanation:
I think "monopoly" works better here as the context refers to the elections that put an end to the monopoly of a party over the Palestinian political life.

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the monopoly over the Palestinian Political life
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Hasan Abu Khalil
Palestine
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1the state of monopolizing the Palestinian scene
Sam Berner
4 +2Monopoly
Hasan Abu Khalil
5Exclusivity in the Palestinian street
Sayed Moustafa talawy
4disunion or division
OnlineArabic
4monopolizing the Palestenian street
Mohsin Alabdali
3sprinkling among palestine populace
Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh


  

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Exclusivity in the Palestinian street


Explanation:
Exclusivity in the Palestinian street

Sayed Moustafa talawy
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disunion or division


Explanation:
I think it is a mistype for تفرق

OnlineArabic
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sprinkling among palestine populace


Explanation:
التشرذم والفرقة

Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh
Syria
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monopolizing the Palestenian street


Explanation:
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Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
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the state of monopolizing the Palestinian scene


Explanation:
"street" is a tad too literal, with my due respect for Mr. Sayed's great store of knowledge and experience in the field.

Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 22:52
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Ammar Mahmood: Actually, the word "scene" denotes all fields of life including political, which is happening in Palestine
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Monopoly


Explanation:
I think "monopoly" works better here as the context refers to the elections that put an end to the monopoly of a party over the Palestinian political life.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-11-18 11:13:37 GMT)
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the monopoly over the Palestinian Political life

Example sentence(s):
  • The election is undoubtedly a huge victory for Palestinian democracy because it has ended the near monopoly of Fatah over political life in Palestinian society for the best part of 50 years.

    Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4650612.stm
Hasan Abu Khalil
Palestine
Local time: 15:52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Abdallah Ali
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Abdallah.

agree  Alaa Yaghi
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Thank you Alaa.
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