* "I marvelled that as a
woman alone in an Arab capital
at dusk — a Jewish-American
woman at that — I would feel
completely, unquestioningly
safe."
* The "fabled, red rose" ar-
chaeological site, Petra, is "a
world wonder and no one who
sees the ruins 'half as old as time'
ever forgets them."
Meeting with King Hussein,
Ms. Miller was relieved that he
had lost "none of the charisma
and courage that so deeply im-
pressed me when I saw him lead-
ing his troops during the civil
war of 1970-71."
The king spoke of his "opti-
mism about the peace process
and his hope that finally the 46-
year-old quarrel between Israelis
and Arabs could be resolved."
"It is my dream that this will
become a valley of peace," he
said.
"After all the losses," said Ms.
Miller, "you can imagine this?"
The king smiled, and answered,
"Why not?"
But confidence about a bright
future for Jordan faded as Ms.
Miller pondered whether "the [Is-
lamic] militancy that had
stamped out originality and even
joy in so many Arab communi-
ties, would not take root" In Jor-
dan. She hoped that the king's
"brand of Islam, and his special
status as a descendant of the
prophet of Muhammad, would
lessen the appeal ... [in Jordan]
of the Islamic extremists who
want to ban dancing and
Western music and to separate
men and women in all aspects of
life." ❑

Israel Names
Woman Envoy

Moscow (JTA)— Aliza Shenhar,
the rector of the University of
Haifa, has been named as Israel's
next ambassador to Russia, ac-
cording to Yirmiyahu Shiran, the
press attache at the Israeli Em-
bassy here.
Ms. Shenhar's appointment
was made by Israeli Foreign Min.-
ister Shimon Peres, according to
Mr. Shiran. She will fill the post
left vacant by Haim Bar-Lev, who
died of a heart attack in May.
Ms. Shenhar, 51, a literature
professor with a specialty in folk-
lore, is a political appointee with
no diplomatic background.
She speaks English, Hebrew
and German, but she does not
speak Russian. However, she is
currently undergoing intensive
language training in Russian, ac-
cording to Mr. Shiran.
Her date of arrival in Moscow
is not yet known.

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