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...little more than 100 years ago, the Wahabis captured Mecca, capital of Islam, where is situated the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed. After bloody scenes and wild desecration, the Wahabis were crushed and chased back to their country of Nejd. On the eve of the War, Hasa was taken from the distracted Turk; and before it could be recovered the flaming tongues of the war dogs had licked the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HEJAZ: Religious War | 10/13/1924 | See Source »

...Spain exercises over a strip of the northern coastline of Morocco, known as the Spanish zone, a Protectorate in the name of Sultan Mulai Yusef 17th of his dynasty. 36th lineal descendant of Ali, the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law He is known to his subjects as Aimr-el-Mumemn, meaning Prince of True : Believers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Rebels be Warned | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

SHACKLED-Achmed Abdullah-Brentano ($2.00). "The burden of our ancient race is hard to bear," muttered Mustaffa Madani, the Shareef, descendant of the True Prophet. The day of the aristocrat had passed, the pride of Islam was quivering beneath the heel of the foreigner. But Mustaffa Madani would not make the concessions that might have brought him riches. So he hung on the edge of starvation, and wondered what was to become of his beautiful daughter when he had gone. Yet he would not forgive her when she married Hassan, the Dervish, who was "not of the lineage." Only when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shareef | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

Pronouncing Professor George Pierce Baker '87, head of the 47 Workshop, a "prophet who is without honor in his own country" and otherwise scoring the University authorities for their laxness in providing Professor Baker with adequate equipment for carrying on his teaching, Hermann Hagedorn '07, prominent New York playwright and author, yesterday addressed a vigorous letter to the CRIMSON decrying the situation which he described as "incredible" and commending the paper heartily for its editorial of last Friday entitled "George Pierce Baker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOTHAM PLAYWRIGHT SCORES CORPORATION | 9/30/1924 | See Source »

...future of American drama will endorse your editorial reproving the University authorities for their lassitude in supporting Professor Baker in the magnificent work which he has been doing at Harvard for thirty years for the advancement of the American stage. It appears to be another case of the prophet who is without honor in his own country and among his own people. All over the country for years the eyes of ambitious young men and women, who have sought expression through the drama, have turned to Professor Baker for inspiration and instruction. They have come from near...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOTHAM PLAYWRIGHT SCORES CORPORATION | 9/30/1924 | See Source »

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