Sannyamathland wrote:Insaanistan wrote:Sadat grinned and shook the hand of Nazarbayev (or rather, Ali). Like Asim, Muhammad Sadat was an Egyptian man of a brown complexion. He was relatively tall and had a black beard and moustache. Dressed in a grey suit and pants, he was speaking with a man in the market when approached by Hasan Ali.
“Salaamu ālaykum,” he said. “Splendid to meet you.” He motioned his head towards a building across the street.
“Come, we have much to discuss.”
He nodded to the merchant, who then turned to one of his employees. “Watch the stand while I am gone, please. I have business to discuss,” he said with a smile.
“Sure, sir, maāsalaama,” the worker, Saīd, told him.
The merchant, a man with brown hair and light brown skin, walked round the shop in order to be next to Sadat and Nazarbayev and said, “Well, brothers. Let’s go.”
Nazerbayev took a good look at the man, and that was not convinced that the Soviet authorities were doing the right thing. He wasn't especially sure that this largely ordinary looking man will prove to be any bit useful to the authorities, but he was not in a position to argue and so he preferred to remain silent. He smiled as the merchant beckoned them to go, and he spoke in a gentle tone: "You lead the way, sir." After he had done so, he took out a cigarette pack and began smoking as he waited for Saddat and the merchant to take him to the building. He indeed had a lot to discuss, and he knew he had to use the correct words to convince Saddat and his party members. He knew it would be a difficult job and thus he began smoking as he believed cigarette helped him to calm his nerves.
Patting Hasan on the back in a friendly manner, Muhammad and his companion, Ābdur-Razaq, walked with him across the busy street to the building. Knocking on the door, it was opened slightly by someone inside. Seeing who it was, the man inside closed the door. The sound of unlocking could be heard from inside, and the door swung open.
“Muhammad, salaam ālayk,” said the man inside, embracing the Communist leader. He was relatively dark skinned and had hair that indicated his ancestry was likely South of the Sahara. He had a relatively long beard accompanied by a moustache that connected to it. He was wearing a black shirt with camouflage pants, with a red keffiyeh around his neck.
“Wa ālaykum,” Muhammad replied. Carrying out a brief conversation in Arabic, the men went inside, with Ābdur-Razaq following.
Flanked on both sides of the hall were pictures of al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine and Masjid al-Haram & Masjid an-Nabawi in Saudi Arabia.
As they entered a room, men and women were gathered around speaking excitedly to one another, largely in Arabic. The room was lined with pictures of calligraphy that said “God” and “Muhammad” in Arabic, along with pictures of Mohammed Mossadeq, Patrice Lumumba, Malcolm X, and most surprisingly, Mustafa ibn Sina Abu Jamal himself.