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...unequal tribes. Linked only by language (Arabic) and faith (Islam), the six founding members differ vastly in size and population as well as in wealth. Abu Dhabi (pop. 100,000) and Dubai (70,000), for instance, sit on top of enormous pooh of oil; nearby Fujeira (10,000) and Umm al Qaiwain (4,500) have none. Dubai, moreover, has the states' principal port; from there, smugglers have long done a lucrative business in carrying gold, perfumes and Swiss watches to India. Sharjah (pop. 38,000) is so poor that its chief source of income (about $257,000 a year...
Nearly finished is the road that rolls along the sea from Jericho to Eilat, which before Israel renamed it in 1949 was an Arab police post known, deliciously, as Umm Rashrash. Eilat is already a thriving resort. New motels line its shore and hippies occupy its beaches. But Eilat is strategically important too. The glass-bottom boats that take tourists out to marvel at the Gulf of Aqaba's coral formations rock in the swells of supertankers bringing Persian Gulf oil into Eilat to be. pipelined to the Mediterranean...
...Trucial sheiks are scurrying around looking for ways to protect themselves. Last week's pact is just a start toward banding together in the face of danger. This week the sheiks gather in Dubai to discuss enlarging the federation to include the five smaller states-Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah, Umm al Qaiwain and Ras al Khaimah...
Last week Dr. Pritchard told how he found positive proof of Gibeon's great age. After the University of Pennsylvania expedition that he headed had a spell of unfruitful digging, an Arab woman named Umm Azzat offered to sell him two old pots. One look told Dr. Pritchard that the pots belonged to the middle Bronze Age well before Joshua and the Israelites invaded the Holy Land about 1200 B.C. Dr. Pritchard not only bought the pots but hired the woman as his "consultant." After a little coaxing she took him to her tomato patch...
Explaining that the code word for the plot was "the building," Serraj produced copies of three cables. The first, addressed by Ibrahim to Umm Emir Khalid, the name of his royal daughter in Riyadh, said: "We arrived safely. We saw the building and completed definite agreement. Send 200 immediately. Am waiting in Damascus at Hotel Bilat Rashid for your prompt answer. Your father Assad Ibrahim." The second said: "Building in perfect condition, but he wants second half of money before transferring building as planned. Necessary repairs will be made after arrival of your remittance. Assad Ibrahim." Serraj handed around photostats...