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...modern Muslim woman, I fast and pray; but I refuse to submit to the hijab or to an opaque, black shroud. On Sept. 10, 2001, I wrote a column in the Independent newspaper condemning the Taliban for using violence to force Afghan women into the burqa. It is happening again. In Iran, educated women who fail some sort of veil test are being imprisoned by their oppressors. Saudi women under their body sheets long to show themselves and share the world equally with men. Exiles who fled such practices to seek refuge in Europe now find the evil is following...
...Despite a conservative bent - its Governor and both U.S. Senators were, and still are, Republicans - a depressed economy and dissatisfaction with the Iraq war made the Kerry campaign hopeful they could put Ohio in the win column. More than hopeful, really. "Look at the advantages that my party had," says Democratic consultant Paul Begala, a Kerry adviser who's just one of the swarm of pundits interviewed by the filmmakers. "We had a soft economy, we had a very unpopular President...we had an unpopular occupation...and we had a candidate who had a terrific record of personal heroism...
...didn’t know that already, given my now-.400 winning percentage against the spread and my decision in the previous column to focus on the mystery that is Richard Irvin, only for him to be benched at the last minute in favor of quick-healing Chris Pizzotti...
...final question: How many question marks appear in this column...
Sahil K. Mahtani ’08 is a history concentrator in Winthrop House. His column appears on alternate Fridays...