“From a Tin Awning to the Arab League: Shiblenga Discovers the Secret of Arab Unity”
“From a Tin Awning to the Arab League: Shiblenga Discovers the Secret of Arab Unity” English Translation Shiblenga Mayor Nominates His Foreign Minister for Secretary-General of the Arab League After Successfully Settling a Dispute Over a Tin Awning Hajj Abd al-Shakour Abd al-Dayem, the mayor of Shiblenga, Qalyubia, announced that he had decided to nominate Shiblenga’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Rushdy al-Tantawi, for the post of Secretary-General of the Arab League after the end of the term of the current Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The mayor made the announcement after concluding a traditional village reconciliation session between Usta Abouda Misbah, owner of a metalworking and machining workshop, and the al-Deeb family, who had refused to pay the remainder of Usta Abouda’s fee for installing a corrugated-metal awning over the family’s summer reception room. Hajj Abd al-Shakour declared that Shiblenga was best qualified to shoulder the burdens of this difficult perio...