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...Sahara. On one side are an estimated 30,000 troops from Morocco and Mauritania, which claimed the land that Spain surrendered sovereignty over last year under strong United Nations pressure. Opposing are the 5,000 guerrillas of the Frente Polisario (for Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, the two provinces involved). Polisario is fighting to gain independence for a new "Saharan Arab Democratic Republic" and the 100,000 people, mostly Reguibet tribesmen, it would represent...
...suburb of Ain Rumane, Dawud Karami found a woman in his house who not only refused to leave but taunted him, 'You can sue me if you dare.' Another returnee was amazed to see lights on and hear the sound of music emerging from his home on Hamra Street. It was occupied by Palestinian refugees who told him, 'You can have your apartment when we find another place to live...
...evenings, when he visits a mosque for prayers, other worshipers are often invited home with him for a post-prayer repast. His personal life continues to be more ascetic than that of many of his subjects. The King dislikes opulence. Succeeding Saud, he declared his brother's al Hamra palace in Jeddah "foo ornate for me." Decreed the new King: "We will use it for our guests." Faisal does not like the hand kissing that surrounds the monarchy, and he prefers Faisal or Brother as terms of address over Your Majesty. Majesty, the King explains simply, is an attribute...
Customary Insouciance. There was still scattered terrorism in spite of the maneuvering in Cairo. Near Sidon, an oil-storage tank belonging to the TransArabian Pipe Line Co., a U.S. oil subsidiary, was spectacularly set ablaze. In Beirut, dynamite charges exploded harmlessly outside the Phoenicia Hotel and on Hamra, the principal shopping street. But in cities and refugee camps, riots and sniper attacks seemed to be abating, and discussions between Helou and Lebanese Moslem leaders replaced the angry recriminations of the week before...
...beach at Essaouira on the Atlantic, lunch on kefta (skewered minced steak with herbs) in Marrakesh, and ski the afternoon away at Oukaïmeden in the High Atlas Mountains. He can be back in Marrakesh in plenty of time to catch the show at Ksar el Hamra (the Red House) and dine on magnificent bstilla (a flaky, cinnamon-sprinkled pie stuffed with pigeon livers and eggs). He can accompany this with a bottle of Boulaouane rose, or any one of several inexpensive Moroccan red wines. (They are far superior to their middle-class French cousins and deserve...