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...proves that Egypt is always right," declared an excited Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as he stood at the steps of Cairo's Kubbeh Palace awaiting the arrival of a surprise visitor. His guest: Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, who had shunned Egypt ever since Mubarak's predecessor, the late Anwar Sadat, took his search for peace to Jerusalem in 1977 and subsequently signed a peace treaty with Israel. Now, in one of those strange, unpredictable moments of diplomatic fluidity in the Middle East, alignments seemed to be shifting once more...
...least a symbol of what the partners in peace had accomplished: last week the blue-and-white Israeli flag flew above the highest rampart of the Kubbeh Palace, official residence of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Arriving in Cairo for a 27-hour state visit, Israeli Premier Menachem Begin found his host somewhat absorbed in his foundering relations with other Arab nations. But after a day of cordial talks, the two leaders were able to announce the next steps in the peace process. On May 26, Israel will return the Sinai town of El Arish to Egyptian sovereignty. On the following...
...host. But so far, only two countries have offered the Shah a welcome: the U.S., which the Shah avoided at first but now says he "perhaps" will visit; and Egypt, where the Shah's old friend Anwar Sadat welcomed him when he left Tehran. Cairo's Kubbeh Palace, where President and Mrs. Carter stayed last week, is being readied for the Shah, should he decide to go there. If he does, the Egyptians will be prepared for a mighty squabble with Tehran. Egyptian officials are already pointing out that acceptance of an exile is rooted in Islam. Asked...
That night, the Nixon party attended an elaborate state dinner on the grounds of the ornate Kubbeh Palace, once the favorite residence of Egypt's Kings, where the President and his wife had a newly decorated wing for their use. Colored lights played on the shrubbery and exquisite Persian carpets covered the grass. Sadat gave Nixon Egypt's highest honor, the Collar of the Nile, in recognition of his efforts for peace. Kissinger got the second-ranking award, the Order of the Republic, and Sadat, knowing full well where the real power lay and careful of Nixon...
Pictures of Nasser continue to hang in Egypt's public buildings. Sadat soon began to develop his own style, however. Nasser had worked only in the Kubbeh Republican Palace on the outskirts of Cairo; Sadat also opened up the older, ornate Abdine Palace down town, which had belonged to Farouk. He also holds occasional meetings in a suite of the new Cairo-Sheraton Hotel, a 23-story building that is now the tallest in Cairo. Nasser was a restless ball of energy who could work a 20-hour day. Sadat works at a less frenetic pace. He prefers to spend...