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...most of the past decade, Gamal Abdel Nasser's one-man rule of Egypt has rested on a two-word slogan: "Arab socialism." Brandishing this vague concept, Nasser has expropriated private property, conducted political purges, ranted against other Arab states, and modestly improved the lot of impoverished fellahin (peasants). Last week Nasser spelled out in greater detail just what "Arab socialism" is supposed to mean...
...Celebration Hall, Nasser faced 1,750 delegates attending the first session of the National Congress of Popular Forces, which will write a new charter for Egypt. Then the President smiled serenely, swung into a five-hour address that ended at midnight. Highlights: the country's long exploited fellahin should get political representation; nationalization of basic industries will continue; a vast social welfare program will aim at improving the lot of Egypt's downtrodden millions. "Social freedom." declared Nasser, repeating a favorite theme, "is the only door to political freedom...
...Alexandria Quartet) Durrell, who described "a human misery of such proportions that one's human feelings overflowed into disgust and terror," Nasser's Egypt is a vastly improved place. Largely gone from the cities are the droves of diseased beggars. In the countryside a few hundred thousand fellahin are farming their own land for the first time since the Pharaohs. Cairo's luxury hotels, once playgrounds of wealthy Egyptian society, now accommodate mainly cruising tourists, and the gaudy belly-dancing nightclubs have been toned down by the sober military regime...
Alone in a Nest. Now Dorothy has left the fellahin class, and at roughly $1,000 a week is a member of Hollywood's petite bourgeoisie. At 26 (Warner's wants her to say 24), she is a solemn sort of flapper. She can imitate a drum, a trombone or a sea lion brilliantly, 'but just as often she imitates Joseph Alsop, brooding fitfully about life and Laos ("The world's problems bother me"). Although she is more than a starlet-Hollywood has no word for a young actress who is steadily but not spectacularly employed...
...nationalization move was conducted on legalistic lines. But the display of legitimacy was mere show-window stuff for the fellahin in Cairo's bazaars. In truth. Cairo's privately owned newspapers had embarrassed Nasser by making money, an endeavor in which his house organ. Al Gumhuria, has notably failed...