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...rose from gardener to head elephant keeper at the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, "and I have to keep a balance between my work and traditions of my Muslim family. It's not easy." Shopping in the Jerusalem Mall, Obaidat speaks Hebrew with his wife and kids, hoping to blend in. But since his wife wears a hijab, or head scarf, the family is immediately tagged as Arab...
...Farooqi decided to heed the call. But instead of tackling all 46 volumes of an 1883 text - which he knew nobody would read in its entirety - he decided to tackle a blend of two shorter versions: the 1855 rendering by the Urdu poet Ghalib Lakhnavi, and an 1871 text by the Urdu scholar Abdullah Bilgrami, who took Lakhnavi's edition and added various flourishes and refrains to restore its original bardic character. Even so, Farooqi's translation is almost a thousand pages in total. It was a Herculean labor. "When I looked at the first page," Farooqi confesses, "I thought...
...Puebla's singular blend of indigenous, Spanish, Arab and even Asian influences has resulted in one of Mexico's most compelling cuisines. At La Purificadora, young Mexico City chef Enrique Olvera serves Mexican tapas such as figs with shredded Oaxaca cheese, which he pairs with 1950s-styled sparkling waters, inventively flavored with everything from tamarind and ginger to green tea. No visit to Puebla, however, is complete without experiencing the local specialty, mole poblano. This chili-based sauce is laced with up to 30 ingredients, from almonds and sesame seeds to cinnamon and chocolate, and the mole served at Casareyna...
...drive a Chevy,” John R. Stilgoe proclaims. “It makes me sound like a common man.” The famously quirky visual and environmental studies professor says his black ’96 Suburban helps him blend into rural America on his annual summer field trips into the heartland...
True, the suburbs of Cape Town are a lesson in how segregated different communities can be. But at its best the city offers a relaxed blend of African ethnicity and culture - and nowhere does that harmony look, or sound, better than at the summer concerts in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden...