Word: jiddah
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...shrouded monument and enter to kiss the Black Stone handed down by the Angel Gabriel to Abraham. If they took time to notice, they might have detected a change in the air. Along the six-lane highway that leads inland to Mecca from the Red Sea port of Jiddah, pilgrims were ministered to by mobile hospitals, reservoirs of ice water, and troops of Moslem Boy Scouts. In the capital of Riyadh, lights burned late in the massive ministries along the main, four-lane boulevard, and a Saudi businessman rejoiced: "Now you get decisions even without going personally...
...conservative princes tend to gather behind Budget-Balancer Feisal. Recently a dozen of them showed their feelings and snubbed the King by refusing to show up at the airport to greet him when he made a ceremonial visit to Jiddah. If the reforms come too swiftly-or if spending gets out of hand-Talal and Tariki could find themselves out and the Feisal crowd back in. The dilemma, according to one Saudi, is that "Feisal 'feels that reforms will topple the throne, while Talal feels that without them the throne will topple." But both are loyal to the King...
...destination), listens to a sheik's troubles, soothes him with a Cadillac, a school or a clinic-given as a favor rather than as a right. But father comes first. In two years observers estimate Saud has set aside $100 million for new palaces. One just completed in Jiddah (cost: $28 million) brings his personal collection of palaces to 24, and another is planned for Dammam. In Riyadh Saud is tearing down the old palace and replacing it with a new one which will cover nearly a square mile, cost an estimated $50 million, and will' include schools...
...military advisory groups are forbidden to have Jewish employees, and an American who receives a letter with an Israeli postmark is deported. The ban on liquor is partly circumvented by the construction of home stills in many a ranch house, and by black-marketing which makes Scotch available in Jiddah at $40 a bottle. "We have only one thing in common," said one Aramco employee dispassionately. "They have oil, and we want...
...Saud money which used to be so lavishly spent on promoting Nasser's schemes throughout the Middle East suddenly was cut off. When Nasser called for a general Arab strike to protest the Suez conference in London, only Saud declined to participate. Some Egyptians demonstrated anyway in Jiddah. Police broke up the demonstration and deported the leaders...