Word: cairo
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...from the last swatch of Sinai desert have obscured the magnitude of a sacrifice designed to bring stability to all of the Middle East. More important than the images of desperate settlers hurling burning tires at Israeli troops is the dream of Camp David--that cooperation between Jerusalem and Cairo would call into question the pervasive animosity between Arabs and Jews and perhaps spark new peace initiatives throughout the region...
...effort to head off an Israeli strike and hold the Israelis to their promise of withdrawing from the Sinai by the scheduled date, the U.S. sent its second-ranking diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel, to Jerusalem for talks with Prime Minister Begin. Stoessel then continued to Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
...some other efforts. Hoagland falters. "Cairo Observed," written in 1976, shows as clearly as ever its author's keen eye with rich descriptions of men in flowing kaffiyehs, paupers begging and the screaming traffic of Cairo. Yet, Hoagland's political analysis of the Middle East is dated and surprisingly simplistic. The piece ends with the lame advice that Egypt faces a variety of grave situations and "it behooves us to wish her well, as we have not always done...
Long considered unstageworthy, they are now turning up in the theater as well. La Vera Costanza (True Constancy) was given its American premiere in 1967 in Cleveland; L'incontro Improvviso (The Unforeseen Encounter), an "abduction" opera set in Cairo, was performed in concert version by Pierre Boulez and the New York Philharmonic in 1973. Armida, an opera seria set during the Crusades, was produced in New Hampshire last summer with the action updated to the Viet Nam War. Just a fortnight ago another major work, Orlando Paladino, was staged in Philadelphia...
From the moment the attack was launched on a Cairo reviewing stand last Oct. 6, killing Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, at least some of the 24 defendants who later went on trial for the assassination knew how their mission would end. Last Saturday a three-judge army tribunal announced its verdict: death for the leader of the plot, First Lieut. Khaled Ahmed Shawki Islambuli, his three hit-team accomplices and another of the ringleaders; prison sentences ranging from five years to life for 17 others involved in the conspiracy. Two were acquitted...