Word: arabization
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...their thrones; they acceded on the same day last spring (TIME, May 11). Neither had anything to do with the bickerings; they were away studying at England's Harrow during most of it. In the hot sun at Baghdad airport, they kissed in the Arab fashion, rode off together in a scarlet coach drawn by six white horses. Iraqi chieftains from far-flung oases came to Baghdad to pump the hand of the handsome visitor from Jordan. Feisal ordered a five-hour military show for his pistol-toting cousin. At European-style banquets, while diplomats and ministers drank wine...
During World War I, Great Britain commissioned the proud Hashemites, an old Mecca family, to lead the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks. To reward the Hashemites at war's end, the British carved up the Turkish empire, installed Hashemites as rulers over two vast chunks of it. Thus were Jordan and Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia) brought awkwardly into the world. The grateful Hashemites have remained loyal to Britain. Until 1948, they remained loyal to each other as well. Then Jordan's Abdullah, warrior hero of World War I, defied the Arab League by annexing Arab Palestine for himself...
What would a real rapprochement mean? First of all, it could be the first step toward realizing an old Arab dream: unification of all the Arab lands on the "fertile crescent" between Iran and the Mediterranean. More immediate, perhaps, was a threat to British influence in the Middle East. Iraq relies on Britain for oil markets; Jordan relies on Britain for just about everything. If oil-wealthy Iraq lent money to impoverished Jordan, and overcrowded Jordan resettled Palestine refugees in Iraq, where they would speed Iraq's own development, the two nations might find themselves less dependent...
...38th parallel in pursuit of the North Koreans. In studiedly vague language, the General Assembly authorized the Eighth Army to "insure stability in Korea," and bring about "a unified, independent and democratic government." The vote was 47-5 (the Russian bloc), but India and six other Asian and Arab nations parted company with the U.S., because it "would impair faith in the U.N. if we were to authorize the unifi cation of Korea by force against North Korea after [resisting] North Korea's attempt to unify Korea by force against South Korea." A fortnight ago, President Eisenhower used...
...ancient city of Damascus was gay with flags, regional costumes, colored electric lights, street dancing, fireworks. When Strongman Adib Shishekly appeared in his bulletproof Mercedes in the city's Liberation Square, 100,000 happy Syrians roared his praises. The double occasion: 1) first anniversary of his Arab Liberation Movement (the only political party allowed to function in Syria), and 2) bestowal of a new constitution upon this nation...