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...resolve to organize and continue with their efforts.” Omer Ismail, a research fellow at the Kennedy School and Sudanese native, said he was particularly touched by the women’s descriptions of rampant abuse, such as domestic violence. “The men in these [northwest displacement] camps are basically warehoused, causing them to take out their frustrations on the women,” who are often victims of kidnapping or rape due to trivial feuds, Ismail said...
...subject arose again two nights ago, when a relative visiting from the provincial town of Maragheh (385 miles northwest of Tehran) praised me for planning a vaginal delivery. "Most women these days just aren't willing," he said wistfully. Usually, I'm reluctant to admit my decision, as people tend to exclaim "how interesting!" with faux cheer for my medieval birthing plans. My friends cannot resist trying to convince me to get sliced open. They cheerfully tug up their shirts, and flash me their discreet little scars, always pointing out how they fall under the bikini line...
AFTER A $46 MILLION face-lift of its historic building and permanent collection, Paris' beloved Muse des Arts Dcoratifs will reopen its doors Sept. 15. The museum, which encompasses the northwest wing of the Louvre and has been a Parisian institution since 1905, has been closed for 10 years. The restored and redesigned galleries reflect a new approach to presentation. The permanent collection, with pieces ranging from furniture by Baroque master Andr-Charles Boulle to contemporary designs by Philippe Starck and Marc Newson, will be displayed chronologically and by artist or workshop, allowing visitors to understand the historical...
Benjamin Parr, a junior at Northwest who created the group, says he was shocked at the changes and created the group on a whim...
...fissures are visible at multiple levels. The most obvious example is that of attack helicopters hunting down rebels in Baluchistan and the tribal areas of our northwest frontier?rebels who are our fellow citizens. But equally dangerous is the chronic failure of our provinces to agree on new dams essential to meeting our future needs for water. Or the inability of our society to channel dissent into debate, an inability that means the publication of cartoons in a newspaper in Denmark is able to provoke not just a response in our own newspapers but also riots that transform our cities...