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...militant puritanism is on the rise. Europe has not been spared. A sterner form of the religion - one that demands universal application of Shari'a, asserts the superiority of Islam and rejects assimilation with non-Muslim societies - is supplanting the more flexible faith that long prevailed in the diaspora. Fueled by Wahhabi funds from the Persian Gulf and a radical interpretation of the Koran, Muslim preachers insist that their European congregants are living in dar al-harb, the realm of war. They seek to reshape European Muslim communities into virtual ghettos. By mirroring the de facto separatism fostered by European...
Rohit shares his views on Harvard and prison love over noodles and beer with FM in the Adams House kitchen known as the “Diaspora Room.” Or, more precisely, the “Diaspora Pooh,” thanks to the handwriting of a visionary Adams resident. Rohit pauses reflectively, lowering his keg can from his pursed lips. “I can only imagine what it was like when it was still a room [and not a pooh],” he said. Rohit may be vying to lead the Harvard student body into...
...Noyce was in the midst of what co-producer William Horberg calls "an old-fashioned Hollywood talent search" for the role?by which he means that just about every young woman in the worldwide Vietnamese diaspora was considered. But Noyce wanted a type of hometown girl who could personify traditional Vietnamese womanhood. That wasn't easy in a globalized culture. "Every other girl we tested," says Noyce, "seemed polluted by the body language that you inherit from TV commercials, magazines, movies." Yen's body language was innocent, pure. It was language that caused problems. "When I asked...
...Gates concluded his remarks, he announced the establishment of an endowed prize, which will be awarded annually to a student interested in studying the African diaspora...
...Philippe literally embodied that space between two distinct but related worlds, the African continent and its diaspora,” Gates told the New York Times this weekend...