Word: heykal
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...writer was Mohammed Hassanain Heykal, editor of the most influential Arab newspaper, Al Ahram, and as a confidant of Egyptian generals and presidents for 20 years, probably the most powerful civilian in Cairo...
...Friday evening, after a normal day's schedule including publication of a column attacking the U.S. for its pro-Israel stance and an afternoon meeting with President Anwar Sadat, Heykal returned to his apartment overlooking the Nile and heard on a radio news broadcast that Sadat had removed him from office...
...Heykal's ouster is a clear sign that Arab governments, and the Egyptians in particular, are increasingly marching to an American drumbeat in pursuit of a resolution of their conflict with Israel. And more and more, the desired resolution appears to be peaceful coexistence rather than military conquest...