Word: aga
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Grabar said last month he attended the conference partly because he is an authority on Islamic architecture, and partly to discuss a proposal by the Aga Khan to restore some Egyptian monuments. During the conference, he met with worldwide authorities and with Gehan el-Sadat, Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat's wife, who chairs a committee on the protection of Islamic monuments in Egypt...
Despite fears in the Reagan camp that Carter's maneuvers with Iran might thwart the 69-year-old challenger's bid, the President's "November surprise" is occurring about two weeks too late, Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, said...
Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iran, who has also been sharply critical of Carter administration policy during the crisis--"I have advice, but it certainly didn't do any good"--agrees that stubbornness and an unwillingness to bridge the cultural gap between the U.S. and Iran have prolonged the stalemate...
...most local experts disagree with Whelan and the government. Richard Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, calls Carter's measures "absolutely incredible" and "stupid." "The idea is just wrong," Frye says, adding, "The Iranian government is not going to be moved to release the hostages by this action." Roger Fisher '43, Williston Professor of Law, who has written extensively about the situation in Iran, argues that the White House has made "a great mistake to respond to the madness in Iran by madness over here...
Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian who returned from Teheran on Monday, said yesterday the White House letter sent to Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr is a positive step toward resolving the hostage situation, but Frye added that he does not expect the hostages to be released soon...