Word: arabization
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Landing in Arab countries he found himself looked on suspiciously as a Zionist because he is a liberal Democrat and political clansman of Harry Truman, who had recognized Israel the day the tiny state was established. Humphrey conquered suspicion by listening attentively, answering Arab complaints with clear-cut definitions of U.S. aims, letting his hosts have the last word. The Arabs came to accept him as no Zionist, but a man of understanding and sympathy...
Syria may not be to blame for everything troublesome in the Middle East these days, but it tries to help when it can. Nasser's only devoted ally in the Arab world, and Communist-infiltrated to a degree that Egypt is not, Syria is finding itself unpopular on every one of its borders. The Syrians dislike the Turks to the north only a little less than they hate the Israelis on the south. They quarrel bitterly with the pro-Western Iraqis on their east. And last week, after Syria had glumly withdrawn its 4,000 troops from Jordan...
Although he seems to be losing the battle to rule the Arab world, Egypt's Colonel Nasser last week won control of what is now undeniably his, the Suez Canal...
...creating troubles among our neighboring countries. I don't believe Moscow is going to stop creating disturbances, so we must be careful not to allow Shepilov, Khrushchev and others to deal with our safety, our policy." As-Said was riding high: months ago he was isolated, the only Arab signer of the pro-Western Baghdad Pact; now his rivals in Syria and Egypt were the ones isolated...
...dishes and wet "nappies"' (diapers). At the slightest provocation Jimmy turns into a verbal epileptic, particularly concerning his wife -"When you see a woman in front of her bedroom mirror, you realize what a refined sort of a butcher she is. Did you ever see some dirty old Arab, sticking his fingers into some mess of lamb fat and gristle? Well, she's just like that...