ISLAM: Shapely Agitator

Never one to conceal her charms behind the veils of maidenly Moslem modesty, pretty Princess Aisha, 26, the French-educated eldest daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco, is an ardent champion of women's rights in Islam, an area where a lot of pioneering remains to be done on the subject. Last week she carried her fight to Damascus, and proved herself as delectable an agitator as ever made an Arab forget John Foster Dulles. Syria, which had other things to worry about, feted her all week, put her up in a palace, provided her with a Cadillac, and lined...

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