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Sir Hamilton A. R. Gibb, University Professor emeritus and Jewett Professor of Arabic emeritus, died October 22 in England at the age of 76.
Gibb's academic world ranged from pre-Islamic times to current Middle East affairs. He edited the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Islam, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences and also authored several works on Arabic history, religion and literature.
Died. George Seferiades, 71, the Greek career diplomat who, as Poet George Seferis, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1963; of pneumonia; in Athens. Derived from the Arabic word sefer, meaning journey, the poet's name reflected the literary role he relished: that of Homeric chronicler. "My poems...
Even in less troubled times, Pakistanis were prone to observe that the only bonds between the diverse and distant wings of their Moslem nation were the Islamic faith and Pakistan International Airlines. Sharing neither borders nor cultures, separated by 1,100 miles of Indian territory (see map), Pakistan is an...
> The inscription, apparently on a piece of metal from a downed aircraft rather than on rocks, translates from Arabic: "1. Phantom downed by [censored] at 1830 hours on June 30, 1970. M.L. 2. The second Phantom was downed at M.L. at 1509 hours on July 5, 1970. Pilot was taken...