Word: italianity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Actor Abdul-Wahab's trilly tenor voice has long been heard on Italian Arabic propaganda broadcasts. The programs were recorded. But so popular was Abdul-Wahab's crooning even in that form that Arabs were more than willing to listen to a few words of anti-British oratory while waiting for the next torch song-often fairly anatomical...
British Arabic broadcasts, begun a year ago to counteract Italian influence, found little favor at first because they specialized in American swing and European folk songs, both unintelligible to Arab ears. Last week Britain gave a special broadcast for the first anniversary of the Arabic program, which showed not only that Britain had learned a few broadcasting tricks, but demonstrated the advantages of a full purse in the radio propaganda game...
...Daladier! Vive la France!" rang out with spontaneity in Corsica, Tunisia and Algiers last week as Premier Edouard Daladier toured France's Mediterranean and North African possessions. The Daladier visit was officially an inspection of French defenses. Actually it was France's firm reply to recent, inspired Italian clamor for Corsica and Tunisia. Last week's answer told Italy: "Just try to take them...
Magic. At Corsica the French used a neat bit of pagan lore to warn off the Italians. As the Premier was being ecstatically hailed by the fiery islanders in Ajaccio and Bastia, French warships circled the island. No Corsican-and no Italian-could have failed to get the point that this was a modern version of the old Norse magic of surrounding a spot with fire (in this case, navy steel) to keep out evil (Italians...
Nothing is simpler to understand than II Duce's colonial policy, Salvemini claims, "since the Italian dictator has to do something to keep his subjects in a constant state of expectation. . . Ethiopia is just the opposite of an asset to Italy...