Show ALLAH NOT THE ENGLISH I remember some five years ago I was up the Nile away from big towns and had a long talk with various sheiks and omdehs of villages I was the only Westerner present and we all knew and trusted each other in a way I asked if taxes were lighter Yes was the answer Is water fairly dis tributed Yes Are the soldiers paid properly Yes Can you get justice against a Pasha Yes And who did all this I finally asked expecting to be told it was the English There was silence they are never In a hurry Then an old sheik answered Allah London Standard |