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...invited Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef to join him for dinner. Whether or not Franklin Roosevelt ever made the remark, the report soon spread that he had told the Sultan: "France is finished. Take back your country. We will help." The Sultan's chief interests lay in his harem (40 concubines), his garage (60 cars), and his afternoon game of tennis. Yet, as Imam (Commander of the Faithful), he became the man around whom Moroccans in the new Istiqlal (Independence) Party centered their hopes...
Settling & Overflowing. But in old age Picasso is developing a new and airier touch. As charming as anything in the Louvre's show were 14 recent variations on The Women of Algiers, a famous harem picture by Delacroix. The variations, painted in a brief, 64-day period last winter, flung open the shutters of Delacroix's exotic little dream world. Some of the "variations" verged on parodies, both of Delacroix and of Matisse. (Said Picasso to a friend after Matisse died: "I will try to continue his work.") More intriguing to curiosity seekers was another recent work. Picasso...
...there had been a revolt against the Imam of Yemen. Tough Iraq-trained Colonel Ahmed Thalaya, mindful of army coups in nearby Egypt and Syria, persuaded a bunch of soldiers to surround the royal palace of Al Urdhi at Taiz, a fortified stronghold where the Imam lives with his harem, the royal treasure, an arsenal of modern weapons, and a 150-man guard. From the palace window came a shout: "What is it you want? Tell me what you want," cried the sexagenarian Imam who, in his fringed turbans and silken robes, bears a striking resemblance to Charles Laughton playing...
Rossini: L'ltaliana in Algeri (Giulletta Simionato, Cesare Valletti; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini; Angel, 2 LPs). A gay, foolish romp through romantic North Africa, featuring a harem, a love-bored bey and a high-spirited Italian girl. Hardly an ounce of musical passion, but plenty of pretty coloratura parts and some elegant singing by the principals...
...Hyderabad, 72, often reputed to be the world's richest man (estimated assets: $1 to $2 billion), and mother of the Nizam's heir, Azam Jah, 48, Prince of Berar; in Hyderabad, India. In addition to his surviving wives, the Nizam has 42 women in his harem, 33 living children, 46 grandchildren...