Word: khalil
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...Khalil runs the Society of Ina'sh El-Usra in Al-Bireh, a combination kindergarten, secondary school, vocational training center, gift shop, museum, charity, folklore institute, and a general haven for Palestinian children that she built up with her own dogged will in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. She is called Urn Khalil by the children and staff, and she looks um?built low to the ground, unlikely to topple. She is about 60. Her voice is made for speeches; her hair tied back to promote the clear, essential face. When you tell her that she reminds...
...beauty yet, but she has possibilities, and ambition. Her loud red knee socks exactly match her huge square purse. She wears the purse on her chest, hanging from her neck. Her eyes sparkle at everything that is said, but she says nothing herself, content to listen to Um Khalil, Aida and the strange foreign man. Mrs. Khalil asks her to sing a song. Hilda responds with I Am a Palestinian Child, words and music by a member of the society. Delighted by the applause, she smiles demurely at the three others to ensure their continued devotion...
...surprising reassessment, a team of American and Egyptian scientists sharply disputes this view. Speaking at an environmental conference in Israel, Chief Scientist Khalil Mancy, 52, conceded that the dam has caused severe dislocations...
...efforts of Secretary of State Alexander Haig to form a "strategic consensus" that Soviet expansionism in the Middle East, not Israel, is the greatest threat to Arab security. Warned Moustafa Khalil, Egypt's former Prime Minister: "If the Arabs see the U.S. failing to check Israel, failing to improve Arab self-defense, failing to solve the Palestinian problem, what are they going to do? They will have no alternative but to turn to the Soviet Union." The Soviet news agency, TASS, called the Israeli raid an "act of gangsterism" and accused Washington of being a direct accomplice...
...Premier, Moustafa Khaki, 60, and the rest of the Cabinet. Sadat said he himself would take over as Premier, with Defense Minister Kamal Hassan Ali, 58, becoming Foreign Minister and chief negotiator in any future autonomy talks. There was no evidence of ill feeling between Sadat and Khalil. The outgoing Premier had expressed a desire to return to private life and care for his wife, who is in poor health...