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...This newfound satisfaction itself seems to be a component of loved ones’ acceptance of the conversions. Boothe says that her parents can recognize a positive shift in her demeanor. “I think people can notice changes” she says. “I’ve been told I look happy and healthy...
...newfound piety of University of Indonesia student Lintang Anisa, however, came not from Saudi Arabia but from closer to home. In high school, Anisa lived what she calls a "hedonist" lifestyle, never praying five times a day as is required by Islam. But after enrolling at UI, where she took part in student-organized Koranic study, the 19-year-old English major began wearing a headscarf. "It was God's will that I could study at UI," she says, "so wearing the jilbab is an expression of gratitude for God's blessings." When Anisa and her classmates finish their studies...
...first assumed the 26-year-old Japanese actress really couldn't speak. It's the kind of talent that has propelled Kikuchi from obscurity to an Oscar nomination-the first for a Japanese actress in 49 years. Kikuchi talks to Time's Michiko Toyama about Babel, isolation and her newfound fame...
...album’s first single and the eponymous highlight of M. Ward’s newest EP, is a case in point. Pitching up and down like a creaky fin de siècle roller coaster, the rollicking Daniel Johnston cover exemplifies Ward’s newfound balancing act. Offsetting the pounding drums, which swell repeatedly to (almost) fist-pump-inducing crescendos, Ward’s throwback vocal style, with support from singer Neko Case, reminds listeners of older, gentler, “pre-war” tunes. The three songs that follow the title track on this single...
...rust on the reading and the essay portion of academics, but it’s really been great being able to go back to school. And especially play on the team, which I feel has always been kind of a family for me.”Ruggiero, despite her newfound fame as a reality TV star, is envious of Chu’s ability to stay in Cambridge.“Unlike [Chu], who luckily got to go back to Harvard—I got to do that after [the] 2002 [Olympics]—I’m working...