Scottish ParliamentWednesday 20 November 2002(Afternoon) Scottish ParliamentWednesday 20 November 2002(Afternoon) The Presiding Officer opened the meeting at 14:30Time for Reflection Time for Reflection To lead our time for reflection today we have Professor Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, the vice-chancellor of the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Dundee. Thank you. One day my son, Ali, who was in primary 5 at the time, came back from Dunblane Primary School and proudly started explaining to me about the Scottish clans and their different tartans.