Word: aadil
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...begged and pleaded them that I am not an opposition worker; I am a student," says Aadil Badshah, a 20-year-old Pathan studying engineering, who was shot in the legs and hands. "They did not listen to me. They were laughing at us and four others. One of them was a 50-year-old laborer. First they beat us, took us inside a street, put us to stand in a line and then fired on us. And then left. Two died on the spot and me and two others survived...
...photographer wants to capture the family going about their everyday lives, so Nadam sits on the floor with his wife and two grown children and toys with his food. His face reddens in shame, and he avoids eye contact with his wife Zahwe, daughter Senaa and son Aadil...
...These days, Nadam drives a beat-up Mitsubishi Pajero for the General Federation of Iraqi Women. His rheumy eyes can only cope with daylight driving; Aadil, 27, takes over in the evenings. Between them, the men make 37,000 Iraqi dinars ($15) a month. That's not nearly enough to feed the family - even though, like all Iraqis, they get free rations of basic commodities such as flour, rice, cooking oil and sugar from the government. "All the money goes to buy medicines, or vegetables and meat," Nadam says, "we try to limit ourselves to spending 1,500 dinars...
...dead, including guerrilla commanders, lie buried. The crowd is full of relatives of the vanished?the elderly, parents, widows, children?who live in a state of suspended bereavement. Gentle weeping builds to a crescendo of wailing that sweeps the crowd, enveloping veteran reporters on its sidelines. Roomie Khan, 5, Aadil Badyarie, 6, and Aashiq Hussain Bhat, 8, step forward and put the first stone in place. Each of the children lost their fathers before they were born. The plan for the memorial is to feature a simple list of names, and organizers intend to leave plenty of space for future...
...best part of the dining hall is that you can see where everybody is," says Aadil T. Ginwala '00. He says the room is open and light whereas other dining halls are "crowded and dark...