Word: eid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most practical step Nasser took was to bring around the two leaders of the winter riot by, in effect, buying them off: Hassan Eid, the student organizer, became chairman of the na tional Students Union, and Helmy Murad, the leading faculty dissident, was appointed the government's new Minister of Education...
...Khalid, another of Saud's 39 brothers, handed the King an ultimatum. Tactfully but plainly, the chieftains warned him not to interfere with Feisal or make any attempt again to wield power, at the risk of dethronement. They also demanded instant banishment of Saud's personal aide, Eid ben Salem, who rose from palace chauffeur to royal entrepreneur and became vastly rich in the process...