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Lesser prevailed over Magdey A. Abdallah ’07 after addressing more than 100 Dems Monday night in the Kennedy School of Government’s Starr Auditorium. In a subsequent vote, Matthew T. Bosch ’07 was chosen as vice-president over Abdallah...
...gender groups, was the first of its kind in recent years and drew around 100 people. “This event we hope is the beginning of a discussion that will last a while and bring substantive changes to how campus politics function,” said Magdey A. Abdallah ’07, outreach director of the Dems, who spearheaded the town-hall discussion. S. Allen Counter, director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, opened last night’s discussion by describing the increased diversity and minority participation he has observed in his 35-year...
...favorite quotes, "Don't cry like a woman over the kingdom that you lost because you did not defend it like a man," which he mistakenly attributed to Cervantes [WORLD, Dec. 16]. The source of that quote was actually Sultana Ayelsha, mother of Boabdil (Abu-Abdallah), the last king of Granada. After surrendering the city to Ferdinand and Isabella in January 1492, Boabdil left Granada. On his way out, he stopped at a mountaintop to look for the last time at the beautiful city he had lost, and wept. His mother reproved him for his tears: "You do well...
...grown among many students, teachers and parents as the Iraq war and the mistreatment of Muslim prisoners have provided further reminders of the conflict between cultures. "We never looked at it as Americans doing something to Muslims, but rather, how can Americans do something like that to anybody?" says Abdallah. While the moderate Islamic community's typical response is to take a low profile, the Universal School gave Time an unusual degree of access for a look inside a community searching for its identity. "We're telling our kids they're American," says Farhat Siddiqui, Universal's principal...
...teacher Fuzia Jarad's English class read Romeo and Juliet, the girls wanted to know, "Is it love at first sight?" "Yes," the teacher answered. "As Muslims, we don't do that. The difference is lust versus love; appearance versus knowing. Islam protects you from mistakes." For assistant principal Abdallah, who is in charge of discipline, love is a big issue. "I've had students come to me and say, ?So and so are in love. Everyone is gossiping about the girl. Her reputation is ruined.'I tell them, ?If you care, show respect and stop the discussions...