Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After delivery, most German firms guarantee prompt, expert maintenance-wherever possible by local workmen trained by Germans. Says an official of Munich's Siemens & Halske electric company: "Nationalistic Middle East governments like it when they find that in dealing with Siemens they are dealing with a nearly all-Arab group...
...area, West German businessmen continue to avoid the dread label "imperialist." Fury over British policy in Cyprus helped wipe out Gfeek memories of the harsh World War II German occupation, has played a big part in the Greek choice of West Germany as its new economic mentor. In Arab countries, the Suez invasion gave German traders a big edge over the British and French. "And why not?" asks one West German businessman. "We have clean hands...
...past, clean and otherwise, is put to advantage. As reparations for Nazi atrocities against the Jews, West Germany has paid Israel $460 million, much of it in capital goods, thus committing Israeli industries to German machines, raw materials and spare parts. At the same time, many Arabs think of the Nazis as the first and most successful anti-Israelis. "I'm embarrassed sometimes," says a West German businessman, "when an Arab says 'Heil Hitler!' to me." A less sensitive colleague admits that he prefers his Mideastern salesmen to be men "with good war records" -ideally, former members...
Legendary Grandfather. In 1815 Europeans began penetrating the thick forests of Guinea, which was to give its name to a coin of purest gold, a kind of grass, and a species of hen. Among them was a young Frenchman named René Caillé, who, dressed as an Arab, talked of his captivity by the Egyptians, was accepted as a Moslem and was able to make his famed journey safely to Timbuktu. After him other Frenchmen came, and eventually, by the "rules of the game,"*laid down by the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 for spreading civilization throughout darkest Africa...
...fanatical Arab nationalist, Aref campaigned from the early days of the revolution for speedy union with Nasser's United Arab Republic. Kassem, a lean, brooding soldier with no political experience, wanted to keep Iraq independent of Cairo, and to fight off the Arab nationalist pressures made common cause with the Communists, who now control the street mobs of Baghdad. The two "brothers" fought, and Aref found himself accused of conspiring against the state and of trying to assassinate Kassem...