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For sure, there are few subjects more important to the two countries than their painful history. The 2005 Japanese textbook controversy ignited long-smoldering resentment in China; that spring, tens of thousands of Chinese took to the streets as mobs burned Japanese flags, overturned Japanese-made cars and threw rocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haunted by History | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

The grand sérail, seat of the Lebanese government, is a magnificent 19th century Oriental palace. The stone façade, geometrical courtyard and ornate chambers were originally built as an Ottoman military barracks. Though beautifully restored, the structure was gutted at the start of the 15-year civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Standing His Ground | 3/1/2007 | See Source »

This past Valentine’s Day, a nasty surprise greeted me in my mailbox. The True Love Revolution (TLR), a new pro-abstinence student group, had sent cards to all freshman girls reading, “Why wait? Because you’re worth it.” While...

Author: By Rachel M Singh | Title: Sex For Sinners | 2/23/2007 | See Source »

So to those four boys—one of whom also needs to learn how to eat properly—and anyone else who has made a point of mocking the True Love Revolution, find something better to do with your time than needlessly make fun of someone?...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Like a Virgin | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

These matches would have been unlikely in the Iran of my parents' generation, where social classes were impermeable, people mostly married within their religious and financial caste, and hejab was an inherited, fixed custom within specific groups. Back then, the daughters of veiled women learned to veil, the daughters of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: If Jane Austen Lived in Tehran | 2/22/2007 | See Source »

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