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Proposed deletion of Ashraf Al-Khatib
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Ashraf Al-Khatib, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process&#32; because of the following concern:
 * Unsourced, probable hoax.

Google has very few hits for "Ashraf Al-Khatib". Links in the entry are either broken or irrelevant. No one with his name appears on the Forbes list of billionaires; there are only three Egyptians listed. The engineering company Khatib & Alami was headed by Mounir El Khatib, not "Ashraf Al-Khatib". The other company listed in the links is Al Khatib Cracknell (AKC); the CEO is Paul Cracknell, no one on their board or management team is named "Khatib". Being CEO of 11 firms simultaneously is implausible, especially with so few Google hits. There are also no hits for a United Nations repesentative named "Hosny Al-Khatib".

All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because, even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Hairhorn (talk) 05:05, 1 June 2009 (UTC)