Word: arabization
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...Israel and the neighboring Arab states. President Eisenhower dispatched Eric A. Johnston, 57, president of the Motion Picture Association of America and chairman of the International Development Advisory Board. Johnston departed with the rank of ambassador and a presidential promise of "full support" and "the widest possible latitude" in carrying out his mission. The task: lessening Arab-Israeli tension by promoting cooperation on specific projects and problems, particularly irrigation and refugees (see FOREIGN NEWS), rather than by trying to sell an overall blueprint for peace...
...many other men with just as many qualifications as Byrnes, it becomes clear that his appointment was an abominable one, dictated purely by the need to pay off a political debt. It is not too late to rectify the error, however, and relations with many nations in the Asian-Arab block would be greatly improved if the Governor were sent back to South Carolina...
...Britain will evacuate the canal zone but leave behind 4,000 technicians to train Egyptian replacements; 2) the base will be commanded by an Egyptian, with a Briton as chief of staff; 3) Britain will be allowed to return to the base in event of an attack on any Arab nation (not including Turkey). The single remaining point of argument: Should the British technicians stay on for seven years (as the British want) or work for five (the Egyptians' maximum...
...inseparable. Naguib did not forget politics in the swirling fervors of the hajj. On the hill of Arafat, surrounded by his followers, he uttered this prayer: "Almighty God, give us victory in driving the British out of Egypt, and deliver Morocco from the French. We beseech you to help Arab and Islamic countries to fulfill their aims. May the religion of Allah be strengthened, and may those who support it emerge victorious...
...Saud a huge (6½-by-5-ft.) photo of himself in a gilded frame; Ibn Saud gave his guest a gold sword, three Persian rugs, a fragment of holy carpet from the Kaaba. Later the two heads of state dined together and talked privately for 20 minutes. About Arab solidarity? Almost certainly...