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...secular, veiled to vixen, has been unable to befriend, or even hold a proper conversation with a niqab-wearer. The young son of a close friend, raised in a large Muslim family in a large Muslim country, calls them "ninja ladies." Covering the face, whether in Yorkshire or Beirut, seems to send a universal message of separateness. If the full-face veil is considered creepy by many Muslim women in the Middle East, why wouldn't it cause a twinge of unease among ordinary British people with no tradition of veiling...
...immense popularity of study-abroad currently, it may seem like clichéd overkill to devote more ink to its merits. Thousands of American students nationwide are already fleeing their home universities (generally, although not exclusively, during junior year) to study in exotic locales ranging from Bangalore to Beirut, from urban hubs to bucolic villages...
...freshman girl innocently inquired “Where is Belltower? Is that a dorm?” Hasty Pudding Theatricals celebrated the birthdays of Josh M. Brener ’07 and Ben K. Kawaller ’07 in style in the Gilbert Living Room, complete with two Beirut tables, one ice luge, and zero boys in drag. The AD’s cowboy party contained surprisingly few freshman girls in cowboy hats and miniskirts (insert overdone Brokeback Mountain reference here.) In celebration of the FDA’s approval of Plan B over-the-counter, the Currier...
...opened two days after the beginning of the war in Lebanon, the photographic installation by Fouad Elkoury of the Israeli invasion in 1983 became painfully relevant and extraordinarily moving—especially when the artist himself could not be present at the opening because of the destruction of the Beirut airport. Those who took Assistant Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies and of History of Art and Architecture Carrie Lambert-Beatty’s History of Art and Architecture 10 may find the name Michael Blum more familiar—the Israeli-born artist was a guest lecturer...
...glamor of the situation was not completely lost on Jade F. Jurdi ’07, as he rode back to Beirut in the midst of a bombing campaign...