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...most interesting (and poignant) as a portrait of denied and even desecrated childhood. I am not myself a religious believer. That said, however, I think parents who do believe have an absolute right to introduce their children to whatever religion they follow - but gently so. Sunday school is fine. So are the instructions for confirmation that all religions offer. But the explicit politicization of religious belief that this film shows taking place is wrong. So is the fact that it appears to make religion the sole metaphor through which they apprehend a complex world. And that leaves...
...There are a lot of ways in which I feel insecure, but I'm fine with it. I've learned to live with ambiguity and learned to tolerate mystery. I live alone. I don't have a partner. If you had told me 10 years ago that I'd be okay with that insecurity, I don't know that I would have believed you. But being free and independent, as much as it terrifies me, there's such...
...define abstinence as “a voluntary choice not to engage in sexual activity or any type of sexual stimulation between two persons,” explained panelist William Smith, a vice president at a Washington D.C. advocacy group. “Apparently three or four is fine,” he joked. Smith went on to say that the broad and vague use of the term “sexual stimulation” is also problematic. “If you look into someone’s eyes and you have a [physical] response, apparently you?...
...Club, said she doesn’t play during Ramadan. “In hajeb, sweats, and long sleeves, I’m scared of getting dehydrated and exhausted,” said Iqbal. “My coach is really awesome about Ramadan. She’s totally fine with me taking a month off.” Students also view Ramadan as an opportunity to share their religion with others. “Every iftar is open to everybody in the community,” said Tellawi. Local South Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants cater the dinners hosted...
...ancient Persian armies, and other such tainted, best-forgotten figures. You were free to call your eight children (the government was also promoting massive procreation to fuel the Islamic Revolution) by Ali, Hossein, Zahra, and the like. Indeed, Arabic names, except for a handful of Sunni villains, were fine. Persian ones, despite originating from the language actually spoken in Iran, had to be checked against the official list. Along the way, other politically inconvenient realities were fought on the baby name terrain. Wishing to quell an uprising by ethnically Kurdish Iranians in the north, the government banned Kurdish names...