Anniversary DelightsChapter 2 Contest Entrants
Originally eighty-five women were entered for the competition, and this was reduced to fifty-three by weeding out those held to be too young, and those from families which had incurred the Emir's displeasure in some way or were socially unacceptable. Two women were also eliminated as being the daughters of the Emir, conceived during royal visits to their nominal fathers. One entrant had been ruled out by the advice of the Head of Protocol, Kamal Qumsiyeh, because she came from an absurdly...