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Criminal charges keep coming for Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the local Syrian-American painting contractor who became a literary symbol for post-Katrina injustice and perseverance, then later was tried but ...

In the annals of war crimes, the name "Zeitoun" will assume its place alongside names like "My Lai," "Fallujah," "Sabra-Shatila," "Guernica," "Nanking," "Lidice," and "Wounded Knee." In the last two ...

Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his wife Kathy in their Broadmoor home in July, 2009. Zeitoun stood trial Monday facing charges of solicitation of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder of his ...

Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his wife Kathy in their Broadmoor home in July, 2009. (Michael DeMocker, The Times-Picayune archive) Abdulrahman Zeitoun was found not guilty Tuesday of trying to kill his ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Abdulrahman Zeitoun, the hero of Dave Eggers’ award-winning nonfiction ...