Word: aswan
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...slow flooding of the Nile Valley southward from Aswan's High Dam drowned many Egyptian-built temples and, in effect, the whole of ancient Lower Nubia. But instead of a total loss, the result has been something of a windfall. For the threat inspired 30 expeditions from 25 countries to excavate frantically ahead of the advancing waters, turning up a largesse of Nubian finds that gave added weight to a long held thesis: that Nubia, which extended 1,000 miles south of Aswan in what is now Egypt and the Sudan, had a rich culture as early...
...basic Israeli position. Washington and Cairo insist that the Palestinians have "legitimate rights" ?something Jerusalem has yet to accept?but neither Sadat nor Carter is enthusiastic about creating an independent state that would be politically, militarily and economically unstable. When the two leaders met last January in Aswan, Carter merely stated that the Palestinians should "participate in the determination of their own future." Sadat later approved this notion, which falls far short of self-rule. An Israeli-Egyptian compromise on this issue is therefore possible...
...achieving peace" had been discussed and that the three men would meet again soon in Alexandria. The conversations between Sadat and Peres were strictly exploratory, since the Labor Party leader is in no position to speak for the Israeli government. Nonetheless, Sa dat and Peres did agree that the Aswan formula, drawn up by President Carter and Sadat last January, would provide an acceptable framework for a peace agreement. Among other things, the formula calls for participation by the Palestinians in determining their own future...
...ordinarily aimed directly at Sadat but at prominent people close to him. Among the prime targets is Osman Ahmed Osman, the millionaire contractor whose son Mahmud is married to Sadat's daughter Jihan. Osman has a brilliant record as a builder-he was chief contractor for the Aswan High Dam, and did much of the reconstruction of the ruined Suez Canal zone-but his vast wealth and his influence over Sadat invite attacks by the opposition, mainly on corruption charges. Because Osman is his closest friend and adviser, Sadat knows that these attacks are really aimed...
...President Sadat to come to Israel was something magnificent. But as a result of this euphoria, he expected that anything that he said or wished must be done. I told him seven weeks ago in Aswan, and I hope he will excuse me if I repeat something I told him there, "President Sadat, what you did by coming to Jerusalem I usually refer to as the equivalent of the act of the first man landing on the moon." He enjoyed this very much. But then I told him, "But Mr. President, the first man on the moon came back down...