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...Facebook profile, still online as of Sunday evening, Meat’s hometown is “Tha Rez.” Meat belonged to a group called “Find Clarence Duane Meat” with 19 others...
...community activist”—a term I don’t relish nearly as much as others might. While I earned academic credit in Tanzania, I won’t be graduating with classmates this spring because of time off in my hometown...
...young "ethnic" writers. Could any first-time novelist live up to those expectations? Well, the more serious gora (white) critics won't b callin im gr8, but Malkani does tell a lively tale. He also captures the soul of a subculture that has spread far beyond his hometown, a movement that, as the author illustrates, has much to do with a second-generation-immigrant compulsion to assert identity. "First we was rudeboys, then we be Indian niggas, then rajamuffins, then raggastanis, Britasians, f___n Indobrits," as Londonstani's conflicted hero, Jas, describes his peer-group's search for a label...
...portray themselves as very close to the Prophet in order to legitimize their other actions," says al-Fadl. Those who have observed al-Zarqawi at close quarters suggest that this is the logical next step in his evolution as a jihadi. Once a street thug in his hometown of Zarqa, he turned himself into a mujahid, or holy warrior, in Afghanistan, and then an emir, or military chieftain, in Iraq. "At some point, every emir wants to become a sheik," or religious leader, says the commander of an Iraqi insurgent group. "Since he was always quite religious, it is natural...
Year: 2008 House: Kirkland Concentration: Government and Economics Hometown: Tirana, Albania Ideal Date: Dinner, walk, and a long embrace Best way for a girl to get your attention: By saying something smart Where to find you on a Saturday night: The streets First thing you notice about a girl: Her eyes Your best pick-up line: “Besides being sexy, what else do you do?” Best lie you’ve ever told: Wasn’t me! Something you’ve always wanted to tell someone: This question is silly Favorite childhood...