Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...breathed easier when Prime Minister Nahas Pasha appointed Sir Amin Osman Pasha as a liaison officer between the British and Egyptian Governments. Sir Amin had worked smoothly with the British in carrying compromise proposals to Haj Amin El-Husseini, fugitive Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, in the midst of the Arab-Jewish agitation over Palestine in 1939. The British were confident Sir Amin would bring reassurances such as TIME has received* that Egypt's young King Farouk was firmly pro-Ally...
Through this dusty plot shuffles blue-eyed Gene Tierney, 21, cast as a sort of desert branch manager of a Bedouin A. & P. Co. chain. Supposedly a half-caste daughter of an Arab trader, she manages to remain as dead-pan as all good Arabs are supposed to be. Of course she turns out to be Miss Graham Fletcher, a British operative...
...TIME, Nov. 3, under World War,"D.S.O. to a Legend," article about Major John Bagot Glubb [Commander of Britain's Arab Legion in Trans-Jordan...
When Peake Pasha resigned command of the Arab Legion in 1939, Glubb took the whole force over. By World War II's outbreak, with the assistance of four English officers, he had formed the most potent Arab fighting force of the 20th Century. With some armored cars and Chevrolets carrying machine guns, Major Glubb organized his 5,000 Arabs into a desert blitzkrieg unit...
This exploit made his place in the Arab world secure. Feared and respected in Arabia even more than Lawrence was, Glubb Bey is now the rock under Britain's shaky Arab household. His quiet demeanor hides fighting anger which makes him deadly when aroused. Of all his colorful Arab nicknames Glubb prefers Rai el Boueidah (Guardian of the Little White Camel), which he earned for saving the life of a young camel during a skirmish...