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That was in 1941, and Fathy (pronounced Fott-hee), at 74, has only recently become a major influence on the world of architecture. Building experts from England, France, Pakistan and the United Nations now come to Cairo to consult him. In the U.S., a show of his works will soon begin a 20-city tour. Fathy's newfound fame results from his success in a field where everybody else has failed: public housing...
...with a government agency took him near a family property where peasants lived in stench, filth and misery. "Because the place was owned by my father, I suddenly felt terribly responsible for it all," he says. "I decided I must do something." Using the architectural training he received at Cairo's Higher School of Engineering, he decided to design decent dwelling for peasants, using locally available bricks made of mud and straw...
Rabin wants second-step negotiations with Egypt to come before those with Jordan and Syria. The Israelis, however, have a few conditions regarding further talks with Cairo. "There will be no movement in terms of us just giving back territory," Rabin told a press conference. "I believe the first move from war to peace should include nonbelligerency." Rather than press for a more relaxed Israeli position now-and provoke a confrontation that might get Rabin into trouble back home-Kissinger promised to sound out the Arabs on the Premier's proposal at the forthcoming U.N. General Assembly session...
Diplomatic wags have dubbed it Henry Kissinger's reverse Middle East shuttle. Instead of commuting almost daily by air between Cairo, Jerusalem and Damascus, as he did earlier this year to work out an Arab-Israeli ceasefire, the Secretary of State has switched the procedure. Since July he has been standing still in Washington while a procession of Middle Eastern diplomats shuttles in to see him. So far, the roster has included Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, Prime Minister Zaid Rifai of Jordan, Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy of Egypt, Jordan's King Hussein, Foreign Ministers Abdel Halim Khaddam...
Brass Tacks. In Cairo, the Secretary and Egyptian Deputy Premier Abdel Aziz Hegazi paved the way for the private investment that Egyptian planners hope will revitalize their country's flagging economy. President Anwar Sadat had already announced extensive plans for free-trade zones, but it remained for Simon and Hegazi to nail down three crucial brass tacks: 1) an agreement to reinstate a 1963 accord, suspended after the Six-Day War, that pledges Egypt not to expropriate U.S. property without compensation, 2) a plan for a "joint development institute" in Cairo to advise U.S. firms on the feasibility...