Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Sameh El-Shahat

Raistlin, I believe that Time Out and NYT are unbiased sources and the fact that the author had dinner where the subject was present does not make that article biased. As for notability, I believe we can assume that the fact Thomas Friedman (whether or not we agree with his views) is a respectable and notable journalist and knows of the importance of the subject Sameh El-Shahat and respects him and his opinion to the point writing an entire editorial about it. It is notable that he wasn't lauding El-Shahat's work, please do bear that in mind.

I did take out the NYT quote if that is the reason for deletion

I live in London and I can tell you that this guy is very respected amongst art collectors (who collect his pieces as art). On the net, he seems to be googled a lot, not only for his furniture, but for his views as well.

It would be a shame if there wasn't some information about him on Wiki.

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