Word: kaffiyeh
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...shores last week came a strapping, bearded man in white kaffiyeh and flowing robes who stirred up as much fascination and comment as though he had fluttered to earth on the magic carpet with which most cartoonists endowed him. Saud ibn Abdul Aziz al Faisal al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, leader of uncounted millions of people, counter of untold millions of dollars, prodigious master of a prolific harem, had come to call on the President of the U.S. He arrived on the U.S. liner Constitution, said his farewell to the ship's hands with gifts of money...
...their families-rode the roller coaster, toured the U.S. by airplane, while the sound track chorused America, the Beautiful. The bigwigs (and 400 others who crashed the gates) seemed a little bewildered by it all. Undaunted, Peel decided Cinerama's real test would come when Syria's kaffiyeh-topped shepherds and camel drivers start thronging into the free, two-a-day show...
After seven fitful weeks in Europe, in which he had driven his queen from his side, and disregarded all instructions to see his Swiss doctors (TIME, June 23), Talal had come home. Changing from Western to Arabic dress, he capped his kaffiyeh not with the usual double strand of gold agal worn by all royalty, but with the simple black commoner's cord he often prefers. A three-man regency council will continue to govern Jordan until either Talal recovers, or his son, Crown Prince Hussein, comes of age next...