Word: samira
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...Atefeh Shams, 26, said her husband had admonished her that if she voted she was a traitor to herself and her people. But she added, "My friend finally convinced me that it was important that we make a decision, even if it's between bad and worse." Her friend Samira Parto, 27, chimed in, "It's our poor lives that are at stake here, not the lives of those people outside Iran who encourage us not to vote. We don't want internal war, we don't want an invasion, we don't want a revolution. We just want...
...then she calls home, and her eldest sister, Samira, sets her straight. You can't come back, she says. It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight. Think of your son's future, Samira says. Stay in America...
Recently, Faeza spoke with her sister, who is still in Baghdad. Samira said her teenage son had narrowly escaped being kidnapped from a street in their neighborhood. Faeza immediately grabbed her son and hugged him tightly. "When I see Khattab, this let me to stay here," she says in her broken English. "O.K., this is for Khattab. This is the future for Khattab...
...traffic lights an matchin lilac windscreen wipers" - looking for "fit" women and making pocket money reprogramming stolen cell phones. That scam leads them into partnership with a menacing Indian ex?investment banker, and they're soon in over their heads. At the same time, Jas loses his head over Samira, a gorgeous Hounslow girl with one life-threatening defect: she's Muslim. With her three disapproving brothers, the ex-banker's hired thugs and his own former buddies all gunning for him, Jas soon learns the true meaning of identity...
...COVER: Model Ujjwala Raut wears a Chloé dress, an Oscar de la Renta belt and Harry Winston jewelry. Verner Panton chairs for Vitra. Palm Leaves wallpaper by Cole & Son. Photographed for TIME by Gentl & Hyers. Interior editor: Michael Reynolds. Styled by Samira Nasr. Hair by Laurent Philippon for Bumble and Bumble. Makeup by Romy Soleimani for Jed Root. Manicure by Roseann Singleton for Art Department