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...before Zuha, who attends an Islamic private school, put on the pressure. "I would come to pick her up, and she would say, 'Mother, you're embarrassing me by not wearing the veil.'" But Zuha is also a budding hoops star, with shelves full of Nancy Drew and Harry Potter--not Britney Spears but hardly subservient role models. Zuha's marriage will be arranged, but her parents promise she can reject their choice of husband if need be. Despite her education to date, she will attend a non-Muslim college. "It will be different," she says, with both hesitancy...
...Next on Oprah's book club: Dirty Harry Potter But Will Draco Respect Harry in the Morning...
...keen follower of the phenomena associated with Harry Potter, Notebook was mildly scandalized by the photo and caption below, which appeared in the pages of our very own magazine. We worried that even a hint of lasciviousness associated with the bespectacled boy wizard could ruin one great AOL Time Warner franchise-in-the-making. (We've got pensions to worry about.) Imagine our consternation when we found that sexual currents have been swirling around Harry's broomstick for years. "Harry had closed his eyes when he felt Draco's lips descend on his once again, and this time indifference fled...
...childish nature of the Harry Potter series appears to be a strong pull. Lautz comments, “It provides a good escape from the reality of school work.” Brown concurs, since “it was only the second movie I’ve seen [while at Harvard].” Many workaholics seeking to opt out of the daily grind for a few hours named Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as their distraction of choice in recent weeks. Lautz himself “skipped three classes to see the movie...
...while Potter-mania is sweeping the Harvard campus, don’t expect to bump into anyone running around with a lightning scar for now—Harry Potter is only 11 years old in the movie and 15 in the books so far, so it will be a few years before Potter: The College Years is unleashed. Furthermore, students will have to content themselves with Folkore and Mythology 107b: “Witchcraft,” taught by Professor Stephen A. Mitchell, since Harvard will not be offering classes on Defense Against the Dark Arts. Unfortunately, midterms still take...