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Word: abaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...Americans about Zionism: "The trouble with you Americans is that you think it is a case of a people without a homeland moving into a land without a people." Saudi Arabia's cool, ceremonious Prince Feisal al Saud is the only Arab head delegate who wears flowing native abaya and qutra. His Egyptian colleague, suave, man-of-the-world Mahmoud Hassan Pasha (whose country contests with Lebanon the intellectual leadership of the Arab world), often wears sports clothes to U.N. sessions. The head delegates and their staffs are not only a well-organized team (coached by a lank Egyptian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: On the Record | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

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