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...Muneera Habib Mansoor was at a garden party in Kabul in 1997 when she stepped on a land mine. Her first leg was blown off, the second had to be amputated. Najmuddin Helal drove over a land mine in 1982 and lost both legs. Gulandam Karami, a widow with three children, stepped on one last year as she was taking her goats to pasture. She lost both legs at the hip, and is only just now learning to walk on prosthetics. She is progressing well, but worries that her new legs - shod in bright red Adidas - will not be able...
...that message has been hammered home in recent weeks, as Tunisians mark a historic date: the 20th anniversary of the coup that brought President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to power on Nov. 7, 1987. Educated in France and the U.S., Ben Ali was Prime Minister when he ousted Habib Bourguiba, the founder of modern Tunisia. Today, celebratory billboards around Tunis hail the 71-year-old Ben Ali, often pictured wearing his ceremonial sash and medals...
...crisis will hamper achievement by girls. But education is not a zero-sum game. Boys and girls thrive under different conditions, and it's time we accommodate the learning styles of both. In a global competition for talent, we cannot afford to handicap any of our children. Adam Habib, Los Angeles...
...Adam Habib, LOS ANGELES...
...morning dance practice from a roommate and ended with Tau on his knees at the Weeks Footbridge surrounded by candles and their closest friends. “Our entire blocking group was stunned at the first planning meeting for the proposal day,” says roommate May Habib ’07, the former associate managing editor of The Crimson. “Andy had an Excel spreadsheet! It kind of sucks for us because he set the bar pretty high.” Although it is a commute from Hsu’s future home at the University...