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)ou. 'J'licn too, all Oman is coming here anti thev all mm. i
| liave to feed from one hundred to one hundred and fiftv * imy 10usc-
meal. If Sheikh Isa came, I could charge it 0? is IS h“ eVCr>' K:
lliat he isn’t coming, I have to pay for it myself And f^rth* ’ b“C now
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man m ‘own, who had till then stood by us, it could hardlv ^ h" > r-
jarded. so we decided to leave the following Thursdav X' " d'Sn:-
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We continued the dispensary and did some minor operations till Wed 9
ooday, when all work ceased and we n n.,r —Jr • , 11 v' ecl'
to Muscat. I„ the lamime, we “ “JoS ™ “W1* I '
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TYPICAL OMANEE SOLDIERS FROM SHEIKH ISA’S COUNTRY
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Aiitv years proved that; our doctors and teachers had done nothing but
fu*l;uur former hospital in Matrah had been a haven where many from
til parts of Oman had received help and relief; hundreds of patients had • n
if cut money and time to come to Bahrain and had always-Teceived a F \
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feifty welcome; now we had come to Oman to help the poor and needy
•Ui could not afford to come to Bahrain and because of the accusations * i
J a granger in their gates, a man driven out of his own country for * h
«*knoYvu reasons, the poor and suffering would have to continue to be I *
a pain and discomfort, and the proven friends of the Arabs for the last
mity years were driven out; and as for our praying, we believed the
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1*4*1 had cured many of them because we asked Him in our prayers for
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q«ul blessings on the sick. r.
Thursday noon our supplies were nackcd on eleven camels and these
fjaril u caravan going to Muscat. \Ve had donkeys ordered for our- i.
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•lio fur daybreak the next day. That evening we were invited out for
j«0cr. It was late when we returned. Sheikh Hilaal had promised to
me that evening some links in the chain of development that we • **
: ««Unut explain. One of Sheikh Hilaal’s servants, who had been placed :

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