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Veils & Cadillacs. In other areas, there is uncomfortable compromise. Along the blazing coast of the Persian Gulf, in the oil-rich sheikdoms of Kuwait, Bahrein and Oman, are some of the most splendid private homes that imported U.S. and European architects can provide. Air conditioners purr in every room, doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

In Kuwait rich husbands and wives may arrive at parties together in their air-conditioned Cadillac, but they separate promptly. The women repair to the haramlik, remove their abas, and spend the evening chatting and sipping soft drinks clad in the latest New York or Paris fashions. The men go...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MOSLEM WORLD: Beyond the Veil | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

Arabia was at peace last week. Hard-hitting Ibn Saud, King of the Hejaz, had stopped a brief but bloody revolt. Correspondents hurried down to Dhaba on the Red Sea to see what all the shooting was for. They got there at dusk as the desert heat was lifting. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bili Putsch | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

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