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...Israel a nice pair of legs has triumphed where years of meaningful debate have failed. The Miss Israel pageant last week sparked a spirit of camaraderie between the country's Jews and Arabs when 21-year-old RANA RASLAN became the first Arab woman in the pageant's 49-year history to win the title. A Muslim, Raslan is one of the 1 million Israeli Arabs living in the country of 6 million. Stressing that her crowning had nothing to do with politics, Raslan declared, "The judges picked me because they thought I was the most beautiful." Others saw deeper...
Once an unspoken topic, honor killing in recent years has begun to be spotlighted in the media, thanks in part to Rana Husseini, a trailblazing reporter for the English-language Jordan Times. Since 1996 the Jordanian Women's Union has operated a hot line for women in distress. Creating a safe house to protect them is the next objective of activists. Abolishing the legal loopholes is another...
...Rana said PBHA status would help them "draw people who are enthusiastic about community service and benefit from the helpful advice of older organizations...
...Aziz F. Rana '00, a co-chair of the community action program committee, said that because AYSC is a newly-created organization, students have "an opportunity to get involved with something on the ground level...
...think that prank jinxed us," Rana said. "Two hours later, not only did I really get into Currier, but so did the author of the prank...