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...offenders. Something fantastically imaginative will be necessary to soften the rigidity of both sides. One possibility might be a meeting of leaders of the great powers in Cairo, as soon as it seems safe or feasible. We do not mean that President Eisenhower should float like Cleopatra down the Nile on a bubble-top barge, nor that Egyptians should be induced to shout "Aisha Khrushchev," through the streets of Cairo, nor that Pandit Nehru should stage a passive demonstration. But the collective action of these figures would not fail to make a very strong impression upon the belligerents. This plan...
...Suez, few can deny that the international organization is facing one of the most critical tests of its history. Anyone who would predict a satisfactory outcome at present would be foolish indeed, but a bold stroke of Western diplomacy, combined with some reasonableness from the ruler of the Nile, could yet save the situation...
Your article on Ellington was a most welcome diversion from the news of the Nile and the Democratic circus in Chicago. Only one criticism: the shot of the Cotton Club shows the highness of hi-de-ho, Cab Galloway, with the chicks, and not the Duke. Of course Cab spent many moons at that bistro. But please let this not discourage you from printing a shot of Duke at the Cotton Club...
Camels & Masks. Other signs of Egyptian influence are drawings of Nile boats and of bearded strangers with shields and spears and feathers in their hair. Then appear camels and horses. The war chariot -that great invention of ancient warfare -was at least heard of in the depths of the Sahara. Many of the drawings have not been interpreted yet. They show drinking bouts and hunting scenes, priests sacrificing a bull, a "ballet" of 40 ostriches and humans wearing animal masks...
Nasser was born in a farm village some 200 miles up the Nile from Cairo. Like most Egyptians, he was of mixed Egyptian and Arab stock. "We were all one family there," he has said. "The landlords treated the people as slaves." His father was an assistant postmaster. Sent to school in Cairo, young Nasser learned the classic Middle East three Rs: reading, 'riting and rioting. Shouting "O Almighty, disaster take the British!", he fought nationalist street battles, won admittance to the military academy. Of these struggles he has bitterly said: "You come back from your studies feeling...