Word: saris
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...loss of the northern kingdom of Judea and its conquest by the Assyrians nearly 3,000 years ago. The story of the Middle East for years has been, in many ways, an endless pageant of the self-defeating. ''We were in a different time zone 40 years ago,'' says Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian professor of philosophy at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank. As the Zionist immigration came to critical mass, especially after World War II and the Holocaust, when Israel became the haven for 687,000 new immigrants with no homes elsewhere in the world, the Arabs' alarm...
...hardest sell could be the category for which Valentino is best known?gowns. "Don't forget, we have the sari. It's sexier than any other dress," says Mafatlal. "We have a very strong sense of our own culture. The sari is always going to stay for black-tie functions, although women do want gowns for less formal occasions...
...Women's singing, for example, banned for years after the revolution became permissible in group ensembles. But the sort of mentality that seeks to ban images of women typically wants also to control and restrict women's place in public life. At a recent concert in the town of Sari, the female members of Iran's only non-government orchestra were asked to play from behind a black curtain. They have been disinvited from an upcoming concert in northwestern Iran altogether...
...scan the cabin for familiar faces. The 50-odd passengers include the usual suspects--Western "security consultants" in faux fatigues, Iraqi officials in dark suits. And some surprises, like the three women in white Indian saris with blue borders. The nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa's order, are a comforting sight. One of them, Sister Benedetta, kindly gives me a laminated picture of the soon-to-be saint and a genuine relic--a microchip-size piece of Teresa's sari. A lapsed Hindu, I'm nonetheless grateful for any and all gifts that purport to holiness; somewhere...
...Sukhtankar, a PhD candidate in the economics department, told a group of about 30 undergraduates at a forum on “action research” that condoms, often distributed by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) for free in India, provide highly-valued lubrication for use on spindles in the sari-making industry. Sukhtankar’s point served to underscore the importance of quantifying the sometimes-uncertain impact that NGOs have on the developing world. The forum, called “How To Turn Economic Research into Social Action in South Asia,” aimed to encourage quantitative research...