enjoy my future son-in-law and I dance an Arab line dance together. Or for those of you whose taste is a bit different, you may also see him dancing with the world-renowned belly dancer, Dina. Thank you again for the opportunity to talk to you," At which point the class rose to their feet in applause and whistling.

Joseph, laughing walked up to Fazzi and shook his hand and kissed him in Arab fashion on both cheeks. "I see that there are no casualties, no gunshots were fired and no one received a knife in their back. Can I assume that I am still permitted in the Muhammad household?"

"Surely you did not think that politics would change anything. It was fun and very educational-I hope we all learned something. I will see you at home tonight for more dance lessons."

The class all gathered around as the C.O. extended his hand and offered his congratulations on a well given lecture. He also told Fazzi to let him know about the upcoming party and he would try to arrange transportation and passes for anyone wanting to attend. He also tried to apologize for some of the rough questions his men asked.

"You have nothing to apologize for. I really expected much worse. Your men were very kind and made their points very well. As I'm sure you know, Arabs cannot refuse hospitality to anyone that appears at his tent door. However that is not the same as freely offering an invitation. I would not have invited them to my home if I did not think they had behaved themselves. Thank you for the 'First class treatment'. I really had a ball." Fazzi said as he and Allie prepared to get into the car to leave base. They were driven to the main gate and there they got back into Fazzi's limo and drove home.

"All things considered, I think it went well." Allie said

"Well? Only well? It went fantastic. Much better than I thought it would." Fazzi said still bubbling over with enthusiasm. "I may not have convinced anyone-but I made them think. I planted that seed of doubt. At least they know that we have differing points of view and that we will hold onto them and we will fight for them."

When they arrived home Fazzi asked Allie if he would like to stay for supper. "Yussef will be coming home soon and this will give the two of you an opportunity to get to know each other better."

"Shokran. Thank you. I think I will. But I cannot stay too late as I still have some work at the Embassy to tie up before I leave on my journey. I will be leaving on Sunday and there is still one or two more of these leaders to contact."

"We won't tie you up too long. I am exhausted myself and want to get a good night's sleep as Yussef and I are going to Mosque in the morning."

Later that evening the three men had dinner together and talked over the day's events. Joseph and Allie both made an effort to become friends or at least be civil to each other. In fact after dinner they went into the library where Fazzi played the music and the three of them danced the Dabbke together. Allie was even worse than Joseph and fell several times pulling Fazzi and Joseph down with him.

"I need practice badly; I have not danced in years." He said laughing till