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...people who did this to me don't want women to be educated. They want us to be stupid things.' SHAMSIA HUSSEINI, one of 11 Afghan girls who returned to class after being attacked with acid two months ago en route to school...
...Tyre's local government, which has found itself confronting a catastrophe that dwarfs its meager capabilities. A crowd of anxious people throng the reception area of the municipality's offices, begging for food handouts and bottled water. "There's nothing for them. We have no supplies," says Hassan Al-Husseini, the mayor, bitterly...
...acceptable to Israel. Among the Palestinians, the perception that Israel has acted unlawfully by trying to undermine their elected leaders will probably strengthen Hamas, not weaken it. And by leaving the Gaza Strip in tatters, the Israelis risk planting even deeper seeds of hate. If the situation worsens, says Husseini, "the losers would be the Israelis as well [as the Palestinians] because they will not have peace. They will not even have the chance of peace...
...Palestinians believed it. In their eyes, the Israeli assault on Gaza's basic infrastructure had less to do with finding the missing soldier than inflicting collective punishment. "We have learned from past experience that Israel uses the opportunity to implement scenarios and schemes it has," says Rafiq Husseini, chief of staff to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "It's obviously not about one soldier...
...courtyard filled with women draped in black and men wearing suit jackets over religious robes. Trials are held in small, barren rooms where judges and supplicants sit on the floor. Though most cases involve family law and property disputes, the court also handles criminal charges, according to Husam al-Husseini, 33, a confidant of al-Sadr's. People caught drinking or having sex outside of marriage are punished with a whip. Christians face the same penalties as Muslims. "Iraq is an Islamic country, so if he is Muslim or not, we have to beat him," al-Husseini says. Violent criminals...