Word: rashad
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the anger and disillusionment, a number of Gaza's leaders are unmistakably moderate. Rashad al-Shawa, mayor of the town of Gaza (pop. 118,000) generally favors compliance with the Camp David accords, "but there must be some modifications." His most important demands: 1) participation by the Palestine Liberation Organization in the negotiations; 2) clarification of the status of the West Bank and Gaza following the five-year interim period; 3) assurances that the Israelis will dismantle their settlements and build no more...
...Rashad Rushdi, 55, is a popular playwright whose none-too-subtle allegories on corruption infuriated Cabinet ministers in Nasser's day. Rushdi, who spent a year of postdoctoral study at the Yale School of Drama, is an artist whose plays incorporate elements of opera, dance and musicals. His latest play, Habibti Shamina (My Beloved Shamina), is an allegory based on the Song of Solomon, in which Egypt is the lover of Palestine (Shamina...