Word: akhawi
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Dates: during 1975-1975
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Still, the situation was an improvement. "We must not remain hiding in our homes just because a shot is heard here or there," urged Announcer Sharif Akhawi of Radio Lebanon, who was the only source of reliable information for Lebanese during the fighting. Thus encouraged, Beirutis took advantage of the fragile peace. Many who had been trapped in their homes emerged-some in order to flee the city. Overflow lines of visa applicants waited outside the U.S. embassy. Most stores did not reopen, but sidewalk vendors-sometimes offering looted goods from those same closed stores-busily peddled everything from vegetables...
...cooperate in cooling things off a bit. The first rain of autumn, a torrential downpour, inundated streets, chasing snipers to shelter and for a short time, at least, swallowing the sound of the guns. "God has sent his rain to put out the fire," announced Radio Lebanon's Akhawi during one broadcast. "Pray that it will also wash our hearts." It did not, unfortunately...
...Moslem and right-wing Christian factions exploded into yet another round of fighting. The strife that had intermittently rocked the country since April was spreading. The street battles were fiercer than ever, and the government seemed unable to halt them. Reflecting the grim mood was Radio Lebanon Announcer Sharif Akhawi, who said on the air: "Armed men are everywhere. All roads are closed. Blood maniacs are at large. We are losing Lebanon...
...street battles for days. The capital lay paralyzed under a bright fall sun; business was at a standstill, and citizens huddled in their homes. Housewives laid in extra supplies of food. Rather unnecessarily, Radio Lebanon appealed to its listeners to stay indoors because "all streets are unsafe." Sharif Akhawi, one of the country's best-known radio announcers, broadcast repeated warnings about roving bands of armed men. As fighting escalated, he called for firemen to return to their stations and for blood donors to help hospitals whose supplies once again were running low. Occasionally his voice broke with...
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