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...figure in white was suddenly red with blood. The scene, from a film titled Death of a Princess, re-enacted the double execution in 1977 of a married Saudi Princess, Mashall, 19, and her unmarried commoner lover for having committed adultery. Witnessed by hundreds in a parking lot in Jeddah, the executions were in accordance with the laws of the Koran. Shown over Britain's independent television network last week, the dramatization touched off an international furor and strained British-Saudi relations...
Manila, Lisbon, Istanbul, Mexico City and Bogotá boast the cheapest prices, while Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi and Manama (Bahrain) are the most expensive. Incomes are also swept away rapidly in Tokyo, Oslo, Geneva and Copenhagen. The 2.2 lbs. of medium-quality rump steak that would cost $7 in the U.S. fetches $24 in Zurich and $41 in Tokyo. In Jeddah a smoker must pay $4.99 for a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...
Arshad M. Siddigi Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...
...nephew of the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali al Sha'er. When their perilous affair was threatened with exposure, they obtained forged passports and attempted to flee the country by air. The princess disguised herself as a man, but was apprehended with her lover when security police at Jeddah airport glimpsed a suspiciously full-busted silhouette under the would-be traveler's traditional flowing thobe...
...hopes for Sadat's success, the Saudis bluntly turned down an Egyptian plea to bless his proposed Cairo summit publicly. One reason: despite some earlier evidence to the contrary, Saudi officials insist that they were not consulted beforehand about Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. After all, a Jeddah businessman observed, "before going into a major venture you should always consult your banker." Sadat kept quiet and simply gambled that his credit would still be good...