Arab guest

(1966 February 18)

About time now to tell you about my birthday weekend. First of all, an Arab came Friday. He is Hassan Mirabux from Aden, South Arabia, a free port on the Red Sea. He is one of LL's stamp friends and brot him a beautiful cover. He has a good government position and was sent here by his government to take a seminar at UW in coops and has been on arranged tours all over US before coming here. Has a beautiful wife who teaches English, sister who teaches Arabic, small son, and daughter he has never seen. Leaving the 2-month-old baby with her mother, the wife was to join him about now. He was a delightful guest, had been in all countries but Russia, a great talker. Showed me how to wind an Indian turban and put on an eqal and is going to send me one. He came here from a week at LaCrosse and we put him in the double bed.