Blue laws have showered down along the banks of the Nile since Lieut. Colonel Gamal Nasser took over Egypt. Not only is prostitution outlawed, but a boy who whistles at or flirts with a girl in public is liable to three months in jail, and taxis leave their inside lights on when a young couple gets in. Hand-kissing is frowned on, and alcohol is banned from official functions.
The United Presbyterian American Mission in Egypt announced that its eleven schools would comply with another stricture of the Nasser new deal: all schools must teach Mohammedanism to Moslem students, Judaism to Jewish students,...
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