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Fear of poverty keeps many Muslim women locked in bad marriages, as does the prospect of losing their children. Typically, fathers win custody of boys over the age of six and girls after the onset of puberty. Maryam, an Iranian woman, says she has stayed married for 20 years to a philandering opium addict she does not love because she fears losing guardianship of her teenage daughter. "Islam supposedly gives me the right to divorce," she says. "But what about my rights afterward...
...down to Bob, our recently paroled third cousin twice-removed. This Thanksgiving, we may even be able to forget what was said all those years ago about our 10th-grade prom date. And all this will happen because we have confronted our own demise, and faced the prospect of never having a family dinner again. After September 11th, those of us left personally unscathed have a responsibility to be enormously grateful for what we have. That doesn?t mean, however, that we forget to appreciate the way our nearest and dearest can get under our skin in sixty seconds flat...
Summers says he’s concerned with improving aid at all the schools. But one University source said Summers is likely to focus on schools in which large debts burden students in their future professions, and in areas in which the prospect of an eternal tab discourages some from even attending...
...revolution of 1979. The Saudi holy cities of Mecca and Medina are the destination for millions of Muslim pilgrims each year. They could easily become the rallying point for the sort of global jihad that could quickly turn into a clash of civilizations. For now, that is an unlikely prospect; the Saudi royal family has deep reserves of loyalty, and Abdullah seems to be personally popular. But the U.S. can help ensure stability by being honest with its ally. The real problem with U.S.-Saudi relations is that one strategic issue--oil--needlessly gets in the way of a frank...
...this was Harvard’s day to shine, and the Crimson fought back with a nine-play, 75-yard drive to keep the Elis at bay. Rose was 4-for-5 for 62 yards on the series, unfazed by the prospect of losing an undefeated season. Rose found Morris in the end zone from 16 yards out to put Harvard on top by the game’s final margin...