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With a burst of firecrackers and a platter of fried rangoons, Harvard Square rang in the Year of the Ox yesterday. A group of about 50 people—accompanied by two multi-colored lions who performed a traditional lion dance—paraded from Winthrop Park on JFK St...
While some undergraduates turned to alcohol as a way to dull the intensity of Harvard’s climate, Clarel preferred to organize group outings into Boston, experimenting with new cultures and new cuisines. In fact, he loved nothing more than lively conversation around a dinner table: the cheerful banter...
History of Art and Architecture Professor Thomas B. F. Cummins’ course Foreign Cultures 93: “Pathways through the Andes—History, Culture, and Politics in Andean South America,” offered this term, can be taken to meet the requirement for either ?...
That might be easier said than done, especially in cultures where a girl's honor is held as supremely important. Minoui, who has spent considerable time with Nujood, says the girl still risks attacks from male relatives who believe she has sullied the family's reputation. But her fame appears...
At ease in both cultures (he speaks fluent Punjabi and Urdu), Mueenuddin writes with an understanding of the hierarchies and traditions of Pakistani life but also with an appreciation for what Western audiences know and, more likely, don't know about life in a country that features far more prominently...