Word: riad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Middle East, different from the passionate, but more governable nationalism of Abdullah's own youth. Abdullah scoffed at threats, walked, unconcerned and freely, among his people. Last week, as he visited the Mosque of the Rock in Jerusalem, he was talking about the murder of Syria's Riad el Solh, who was assassinated a few days before (see below). Said Abdullah scornfully: "If Riad had come to Jerusalem, as I asked him, he would not be dead...
...Francisco, Moslem Princess Fathia of Egypt, 19, displeased her brother, Egypt's King Farouk, by marrying Riad Ghali, an Egyptian commoner and a Coptic Christian. Queen Mother Nazli, who has been employing the bridegroom as a political adviser, said that she approved of the marriage...