As a result, tribal ties now bind more firmly.

Mr. Simons, the United States ambassador to Pakistan from 1996 to 1998, added: "A lot of the people here have ethnic and tribal ties.

There are many tribal ties between the people of Sawana with their Tongan heritage to various families in Fiji and Tonga.

He understands and remains comfortable with the intrigues and intimacies, the informality, the talk and the tribal ties that are so much of political business here.

On the other is the Ottoman-Byzantine East, prone to caliph-style despotism, to tribal ties and obedience to the chief.

Odds are they've got some Alititian SPF in that ship who have some tribal ties to whoever's holding the ring.

Generally, candidates who emphasized their professional and educational background lost, while those who mainly campaigned based on their tribal and family ties received more votes.

The Paravars were probably a primarily endogamous society until the arrival of the Portuguese, marrying only within their own caste and so keeping the tribal ties strong.

It represents a time when they can come home and renew tribal ties.

After the 1977 war and the follow-on trade embargo with Egypt, this was replaced in part by smuggling, aided by the close tribal ties across the border.