Word: mina
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...SABAR MINA, an 8-year-old Pakistani girl who, instead of attending school, is forced to work for pennies smuggling food across the Afghanistan border...
...Hajj consists of a five-day excursion, required by all physically and financially able Muslims, to Mecca and the nearby holy sites of Arafat, Mina, and Muzdalifah. Once there, pilgrims perform a series of rituals to unify themselves with other believers, absolve themselves of their sins and pay tribute...
...JEREMY STOPPELMAN, CEO, Yelp.com I would start with drinks at the Clock Bar, tel: (1-415) 397 9222. It's a nice lounge that is fairly new, and it has been put together by one of the more prominent chefs in the city, Michael Mina. Then go straight to dinner at the brand-new La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, tel: (1-415) 397 8880, a Peruvian restaurant known for its seviche. It's a beautiful spot on the Embarcadero, located right on the water. I recommend the leche de tigre. I'd then take a stroll down the Embarcadero and stop...
...computer classes it provides due to a reduction in funding for the salaries of teaching staff, according to the center’s director. “With the increase in costs each year, it’s a struggle to keep programs going,” said Mina Reddy, the center director. “It’s not as bad as it could be, and we would be much smaller without state funding.” Semonoff said she worried that although the budget cuts to the Department of Human Services are small in proportion...
Moody is out-Maupassanted by Prix Fémina-winner Camille Laurens and Pulitzer laureate Robert Olen Butler, who collaborate on a tale of a woman who spends her life waiting for something and hires a detective to help her figure out what it is. The narrative is inert enough to be a parody of Gallic opacity - until the last line, when everything is illuminated...