Word: rashid
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...observe the Maronite Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. But his importance goes well beyond the spiritual. President Kennedy, who is seldom seen publicly with U.S. Catholic bishops, will receive him at the White House. At home in Lebanon, Meouchi is frequently consulted by Lebanon's Prime Minister Rashid Karame, a Moslem.* Both Lebanon's Grand Mufti and Jordan's King Hussein are good friends and correspondents of Meouchi's, and Syria's President Nazem El-Koudsi phones him often from Damascus. No Middle Eastern statesman of any faith would think of visiting Lebanon without...
Only a few weeks before, Iraq's Premier Abdel Karim Kassem had been the nation's idol, but now the mention of his name drew sneers as well as applause from Baghdad crowds. As his tan Chevrolet station wagon rolled past the coffee shops on teeming Rashid Street, some coffee drinkers propped their legs on the café tables to show Kassem the soles of their feet-an Arab gesture of contempt. Demonstrators protesting last month's execution of 13 popular Iraqi army officers (TIME, Sept. 28) even dared to chant: "Allah is great, Kassem is crazy...
...came one evening last week with the suddenness of lightning as Kassem's car took him along the accustomed route through Rashid Street. As usual, little knots of surprised pedestrians stopped to wave or cheer, and some trotted in the dusty street hoping for a peek at the "sole leader." Then, from the sidewalk, a small group of grim men stepped toward the car and opened fire with a deafening clatter. A youth broke out of the startled crowd to hurl himself in front of Kassem as a shield, and a taxi driver rammed his cab between Kassem...
...wound up the press conference by saying that military press censorship would be lifted for one day so that Baghdad papers could report the press conference as they wished. He would be interested to see what would appear. With that, Kassem, without a smile, departed. As usual, crowds on Rashid Street dogtrotted beside his familiar Chevrolet station wagon, cheering, applauding and chanting praiseful slogans. But this time they were rewarded by neither a grin nor a wave...
...successful emigrant had freighted his American car (a mid-50s model) back to Lebanon to impress his home villagers. He had a rude awakening. "They've all got 1959 models!" he complained. Premier Rashid Karami, Maronite Patriarch Paul Meouchi (once of Los Angeles), and even usually aloof President Fuad Chehab posed smilingly for pictures with the visitors. Most of the expatriates seemed glad to see the old country, but would they like to stay? "Of course I'm going back," snapped one conventioner. "I just came here to dream...