Word: fa
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...simple block of glass and pearly stone, the Forum beckons Muslims and non-Muslims alike to enter through two doors built to resemble an open book. "It's a place of communication," explains its Bosnian-born architect, Alen Jasarevic, in an e-mail. "Vast windows and openings in the façade, even in the prayer room, invite the citizens of Penzberg to become acquainted with Islam and its people." The delicate minaret, lace-like from a distance, is a calligraphic representation of the words of the call to prayer, punched out of steel plates. "It doesn't call...
...still fail to see how India comes out a notch higher in the global imagination after the triumph of this film, which dwells crudely on the country's poverty. The outside world's supposed interest in seeing "the ugliness behind [India's] glittering façade" is akin to the sadistic and hypocritical concern of the game-show host for Jamal, our slum-residing protagonist, while rudely referring to him as a call-center chai wallah; the objective is to humiliate. Reality exists at many levels. Just look at your skin under a microscope if you want to see filth...
...runners, including sophomore Meghan Houser, who placed third in the 3000-meter run with a time of 10:48. The 4x400-meter relay team, consisting of sophomore Katrina Drayton and freshmen Shannon Conway, Magda Robak, and Lauren Leon, grabbed another bronze for Harvard. Conway, Leon, senior Fa via Meritt and sophomore Thea Lee also won a silver medal for the Crimson in the 1600-meter sprint medley with a time of 4:01.97.For the men’s team, sophomore Ryan Neely placed third in the 3000-meter run, while the Harvard distance medley team of juniors Vito Cannavo...
...elsewhere in the U.S. market by 2010. It's not just money she's after. Fahmy wants her emerging brand to help change the world's image of the Middle East. "The West has not understood us well," Fahmy says. "We didn't sell ourselves and gave them the façade of terrorism instead. Those of us involved in culture have a duty to help repair misunderstandings." And she and Macdonald are doing just that, one accessory at a time...
...other 900 million. It isn't quite happening that way, as most Indians are well aware, and the rest of the world is wising up. The story that the world is more interested in now is the one told by Slumdog Millionaire - the ugliness behind the glittering façade - and that's upsetting. The world is not following the script...