Ejemplos de uso de Wasta
1. The source said Azb had influential contacts or wasta with department officials.
2. It was then I realized that the police were trying to mitigate the «wasta» effect by keeping the names of higher–ranking officers from the people being arrested. «Wasta,» if you don’t already know, is an Arabic term that means literally «medium» but translates more appropriately into «utilizing personal connections to facilitate or expedite bureaucratic, commercial or legal procedures.» Clearly in this case, even if I had «wasta» I wasn’t going to be allowed to use it.
3. Abeloff, who led the center for 15 years, was battling leukemia, said Vanessa Wasta, a cancer center spokeswoman.
4. He still demonstrates tremendous tenacity by commuting 300 km round–trip to Al–Wasta, his home village, each day.
5. Bin Mohammed rejected the only public–sector jobs –– policeman or soldier –– he said were available to him as an Omani without "wasta," or connections.