Word: muezzin
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...morning envelops Hebron. I hear the muezzin as on every morning with his call to prayer. The latest reports from the summit testify to a night full of crises, lack of confidence, as well as uncertainty, which directly influences what is happening in this city. Hebron is the only city in Judea and Samaria where Jews and Palestinians live together, where a city of contrasts and extremes arises to another day of confrontations. After the morning reports from the summit, I was preoccupied with the question of whether the Palestinians really want peace as well as whether they were capable...
...next celebrated Mass in Manger Square where, by prior negotiation, the muezzin of the mosque next door shortened his call to midday prayers so as not to disrupt the Pope too much. Still, the Pontiff seemed a bit startled when, smack between his homily and the rest of the service, the amplified Allahu Akbar (God is great) rang out. He then enjoyed his brief respite in the grotto before accompanying Arafat, who sometimes held his hand, to the nearby Deheisha refugee camp...
...Overseeing all this is an investment staff of 20 employees from Saudi Arabia and seven other countries. His payroll also includes a former White House communications expert--this is, after all, a man who spends $80,000 a month on phone bills--as well as a camel caretaker, a muezzin who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from a minaret, and 18 soccer players whom Alwaleed pays to play games with his son, at his son's private field...
...looks like strangely beautiful 19th century machinery. This idea of the mechanical as beautiful is developed in the music, which is much more industrial-sounding than Orb's previous work. U.f.orb was remarkable for its blend of technology and natural sounds--running water, gurgling Russian voices and an Arabic muezzin--but Pomme Fritz focuses more on the technology of the music. Some of Orb's trademark water sounds remain, but Pomme Fritz has a more metallic and apocalyptic flavor...
...squabbling; it is growing. Stadiums in Moscow and Leningrad have been filled for revival meetings, and later this month 850 activists from around the country will meet to plan evangelistic strategy. Soviet Muslims are likewise heartened. "A revival of Islam is taking place," says Hajji Rais, the muezzin of Moscow. He notes, however, that his mosque is alone in serving 600,000 believers in the area...