Playboy After Hours

July, 1979

A few months ago, many Egyptian citizens prayed to Allah on President Carter's behalf. To help our leader find a lasting peace in the Middle East, you ask? Not quite. One prayer, for example, published in Al Akhbar implored "Allah to rid you of hemorrhoids, because this illness should have been inflicted on an unjust leader rather than you. O Carter." We've heard that a prayer with the opposite sentiment was popular during the same time among Yasir Arafat's followers.Lassie, EatWhen pe...