Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, February 4, 1991 TAG: 9102020255
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: E-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A Palestinian is an Arab whose home has been historical Palestine, the territory now within the borders of Israel, said R.K. Ramazani, professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.
About 1.7 million Palestinians live on the West Bank and Gaza Strip within Israel, Ramazani said, and another 1 million to 2 million elsewhere in the world. By comparison, there are an estimated 120 million Arabs.
Most, but not all, Palestinians are Muslims. George Habash, head of one Palestinian faction, is Christian.
(Information provided by Landmark News Service).
Are King Hussein of Jordan and President Hussein of Iraq related, distantly or closely?
Although their last names are the same, they are not related in any way, said R.K. Ramazani, professor of government and foreign affairs at the University of Virginia.
(Information provided by Landmark News Service).
M.S. of Roanoke has volunteer time she would like to contribute to support of the war effort. Any agency or non-profit organization that needs volunteer help may notify Mideast Hot Line, and we will print the request.
Jamie Lynn Miller, a 12-year-old student at Lighthouse Christian School in Rocky Mount, sends these sentiments in a poem titled, "Be a Light."
All through the night they bravely fight
With nothing but a shade of light
But what really is their light
Is the love of their country for which they fight
The love of love
The love of peace
The love of Freedom and the Pledge of Allegiance
So why don't you be a light
And support them as they fight
The Vocational Industrial Club at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke is corresponding with three PH graduates serving in Saudi Arabia. One, Michael Jerome Scales of the class of 1989, wrote back in January thanking club members for writing.
Scales is an airman first class with the Air Force, involved in civil engineering. He and his colleagues are in Jiddah in western Saudi Arabia, about 250 miles from Kuwait. They are deployed with a Strategic Air Command unit, which includes B-52 and Stealth fighter-bombers, among others.
Scales and his fellow airmen design and engineer bridges, runways and the like.
He enclosed a Saudi Arabian riyal, worth, he said, about 26 cents.
"I would like to thank each and every one of you for writing and also for the gum and playing cards," he wrote.
If you have questions about anything from Persian Gulf geography and climate to effects on the price of gas or how to write a member of a military unit, call the Mideast Hot Line at\ 981-3313 leave a recorded message. We welcome other contributions - tips for coping, letters and photos from loved ones overseas, ideas for boosting their morale. Send them to\ MIDEAST HOT LINE, Roanoke Times & World-News, P.O. Box 2491, Roanoke, Va., 24010. note that items sent to us cannot be returned.
by CNB