--- title: Pictures in the News poster, No. 6 (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pictures-in-the-news-6-arabic-beirut-1965/ description: 'The Arabic edition of Pictures in the News No. 6, with the same photographs as the English sheet: African journalists visiting the New York Times.' section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Pictures in the News poster, No. 6 [![Pictures in the News poster, No. 6, 1965 US poster: The Arabic edition of Pictures in the News No](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pictures-in-the-news-6-arabic-beirut-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/pictures-in-the-news-6-arabic-beirut-1965.jpg) # Pictures in the News poster, No. 6 (Arabic poster distributed in Beirut) The Arabic edition of Pictures in the News No. 6, with the same photographs as the English sheet: African journalists visiting the New York Times, women UN delegates from Togo, Uganda and Morocco, a television interview, and a rail bridge at Khledia. Its Arabic headline calls the bridge a 'bridge of friendship', a symbol of Tunisian-American cooperation. The tell is glittering generalities in that headline, with transfer through the Times, UN and U.S. Army engineers. ## Propaganda techniques used in this poster [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) ## Text on the object Original (Arabic) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` الأنباء في صور صحفيون افريقيون في زيارة لدار صحيفة «نيويورك تايمز» قام مؤخرا وفد من الصحفيين الافريقيين ينتمون لعشرين دولة بزيارة لمكاتب صحيفة «نيويورك تايمز» وذلك للاطلاع على [illegible] عملية اصدار جريدة يومية في مدينة كبرى في الولايات المتحدة. ويرى الضيوف في الصورة يتبادلون الآراء حول كتابة الخبر مع رئيس تحرير التايمز جون ب. أوكس. وخلال رحلتهم في الولايات المتحدة حضر الصحفيون الافريقيون حفلة تنصيب الرئيس ليندن جونسون. [Caption naming the members of the African press delegation, four columns of small Arabic text: illegible at this resolution] المرأة ... في الأمم المتحدة يزداد، عاما بعد عام، عدد السيدات اللواتي تختارهن حكوماتهن لتمثيلها في الأمم المتحدة، والمرأة عادة [illegible] مقتدرة لبلادها - الى جانب المزايا الأخرى التي خصتها بها الطبيعة. في الصورة، فوق، السيدة ريجين جبيدي، مندوبة توجو. فوق - الآنسة نانسي كاجومبولا - مندوبة أوغندا. تحت - السيدة حليمة ورزازي - مندوبة المغرب. قصة الدول الافريقية الناشئة في التلفزيون الأمريكي [Caption of about six lines about the Los Angeles television interview: illegible at this resolution] جسر الصداقة.. رمز للتعاون التونسي الأمريكي جسر السكة الحديدية الموقت الذي تعاون مهندسون من الجيش التونسي والأمريكي في اقامته في خليدية ليحل محل الجسر القديم الذي دمره السيل. والسرعة التي تم بها هذا الجسر مكنت سكة حديد تونس من استئناف نقل الحديد الخام - وهو من صادراتها الهامة - [illegible] الى حلق الوادي. [illegible] ويعتبر ضربة شديدة للاقتصاد التونسي. وسيستمر العمل بالجسر الموقت ريثما يتم بناء جسر دائم. 65-111 (16) ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` Pictures in the News JOURNALISTS VISIT U.S. NEWSPAPER (Arabic: African journalists on a visit to the New York Times) [Opening paragraph, close to the English sister sheet: a delegation of African journalists from twenty countries visited the New York Times offices to see how a daily paper is produced in a large U.S. city, exchanged views with Times editor John B. Oakes, and attended the inauguration of President Lyndon Johnson during their U.S. tour. Delegation name list illegible.] Woman ... at the United Nations: each year more women are chosen by their governments to represent them at the UN; the woman is usually [illegible] capable for her country, besides the other gifts nature has given her. Pictured: Mrs. Regine Gbedey, delegate of Togo; Miss Nancy Kajumbula, delegate of Uganda; Mrs. Halima Warzazi, delegate of Morocco. The story of the emerging African states on American television [caption illegible]. The bridge of friendship, a symbol of Tunisian-American cooperation: engineers of the Tunisian and American armies jointly built a temporary railway bridge at Khledia to replace the old bridge destroyed by the flood; its speed let Tunisian rail resume carrying iron ore, an important export; a halt would be a severe blow to the Tunisian economy; the temporary bridge will serve until a permanent one is built. 65-111 (16) ``` Arabic headlines and the main captions were read from the image; some words and the small caption blocks marked [illegible] could not be read at this resolution. The translation is a literal rendering of what could be read and summarises the unreadable blocks in brackets. 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