"He was part of a popular comic duo, a team that was the Arab version of Abbott and Costello, or Laurel and Hardy. It was called Maqalib Ghawar, or Ghawar’s Pranks." No, Michael Slackman. The duo was called "Durayd Wa Nihad". Maqalib Ghawwar was the name of a TV show. I have better things to do than to correct New York Times' dispatches from the Middle East.