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Show M / THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY 84112 528, MIDDLE EAST CENTER BUILDING 413 Home; 1335 Perry Avenue Salt Lake^"" c 581-6181 November 27, 1972 IDE 801 iy dear Fred and Fimnoea: This response ia long overdue since receiving your last good letter, and indeed we should keep the flow of correspondence active. I wish I could quote the Arabic expressive saying in its original form denoting that writing *s 'is like half visiting with friends. So Let us half visit with you, if we cannot vet *? you a full Vleit, nowever, we must kaap wording on the realisation of a periodic family reunion, lit hope that L-he girls are happy in the new ohase of life and that you both are continuing to enjoy Evansville as we enjoy Utah. In a few days, I hope to oe afcle to send you a copy of the ?estschrift which came to me as a pleasant and acceptable surprise. This is a handsome volume published in Leiden wiUi contributions of eminent friends and scholars fro* seven countries in six languages. tot [ am still in the .fulness of activitv - taaohlng (thounh only six months every year;, researching and publishing. Perhaps -jjy greatest aspiration at present is to see vr children settle-*. In pOSitioaa commensurate wiu; thair education, itamez is apparently doing pett in his Philoaophy of Science, judging oy what i. hear from his profeaeora« slnoa ha talks so little about hiaaalf and his accomplishments. ?iayra, who has just returned from 6 months sabbatical in France completes her fourth year of teaching Fraaob at Sortb Central Solicit*. As her hwsfttnd, Paul £« Walker, is now on the brink of eoapletin~ his PH.D* in diddle Saatero studies withna background of History and Arabic' and Persian lamuma-33 from Chicago, 3ne will probably quit in order to seek another position where her husband may oo able to find employment. In these days of stringency, this seems to me to oe a tremendous «aa*, and they will have to depend in oart on the assistance of good frianda in aoademia who know where suitable openings my oe available, Thus if you hear of earthing anywhere, 1 am sure that thoy will appreciate a nord froa you in due course. After spending Christaaa ham with tha children and the throe gra idehildren, Lola and I plan to ,;o to tha liddla feat with a few weeks In Egypt which must be continuously changing. On our return, we go to the east for the- spring with '.oril in hashingcon whore both of us will oe busy in the Library of Congress, It is just possible that we nay linger in /fay during which we lay "be able to perfor 1 the promised oilgrimage to ..vansvilla if we have transportation facilities. If you need anything from Cgypt, please let us know at rour earl-,- conTanienoa* In the meantime, bath of us wish to send .you both our advance r-iristnas Salaams with affectionate remembrances. As Always, |