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...students can count on the Harvard bubble to shelter them, while others cannot. Assaults on Muslims, Arabs, and South Asians have quadrupled nationwide since Sept. 11, according to the FBI. And that violence has recently reared its head on campus, from last November’s assault on Huma Farid ’06 to an April harassment of an anonymous South Asian student amid a torrent of racial slurs. This violence strikes at the very heart of the freedom and the security essential for any educational institution worthy of its name. And it goes to show how vulnerable this...
Government reforms have helped, but it is innovation that has made Mohammed Farid Khamis, founder and CEO of Oriental Weavers Carpet Co. in Cairo, the Pharaoh of Egyptian exporters. Starting with a single loom in 1980, he has become the leading producer of machine-woven carpets in the world. From a string of factories in the industrial 10th of Ramadan City, 34 miles northeast of Cairo, Oriental Weavers ships 70 million sq. ft. of carpets a year, yielding $280 million in revenues. Its customers include such retailers as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Ikea and Carrefour. With 63% of the shares...
...robbery-motivated attack.”Soon after the men left him shouting for help on the church steps, Zilanawala’s friend found him and called the police. Zilanawala was taken to a hospital with deep gashes on his head which needed stitches.Five years later, Huma Farid ’06 was walking past Lamont when she heard a woman screaming, “You filthy Jew-hater!” The woman proceeded to chase her down the street.Farid, whose family comes from Pakistan, reported the incident to the Cambridge Police Department, but was later disappointed...
Years later, Muslims continue to be marginalized. Late last November, as Huma Farid ’06 was walking past Lamont, she was chased by a woman screaming, “you filthy Jew-hater.” Two other incidents of hate crimes against Muslims have also occurred in Harvard Square in the last two years. Consequently, we no longer walk from the Yard to our houses after dark without feeling fearful...
...most disappointingly, there has hardly been a response to this growing trend of hate directed towards Muslims on campus. Even after Farid requested that a community advisory be sent out to inform the campus about her assault, the College did nothing. Dean David T. Ellwood ’75 of the KSG responded with an email to his students. It is troubling that no email was sent expressing the College’s “concern for the welfare” of Muslim students...