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From DC-3 to Concorde. Middle East can also boast of being the world's only airline to be run by an honest-to-Allah sheik. The man responsible for the line's rapid and unsubsidized climb is Najib Salim Alamuddin, 55, who inherited the title of sheik from a family long prominent in Lebanon's Druze sect, an Islamic offshoot founded in the llth century. Educated at the American University of Beirut, suave, sophisticated Sheik Alamuddin was running his own telecommunications company when he was asked to take over Middle East Airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Flying Sheik | 9/4/1964 | See Source »

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