Baltimore Sun’s Todd Richissin describes Arafat’s aides having to deal with Suha:
They were reduced to milling around the plush lobby of the Intercontinental Le Grand Hotel on Rue Scribe, near the Garnier Opera House, as they conferred in corners and talked on cellular phones, breaking occasionally to complain to reporters about Suha Arafat’s behavior – careful to criticize the performance and not the performer.They occasionally lapsed into wondering aloud whether they ought to go home after all. They drank $14 cups of coffee, chain-smoked and sank into red, velvety chairs and couches.But they insisted that this first big test of their leadership in what might soon be a post-Arafat world was not a failure.
