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...Delta flight in Texas had a Pakistani American removed before takeoff because he said his crew did not feel comfortable with the man aboard. Delta offered him a new ticket--on another carrier. (It later apologized.) In Lincoln, R.I., someone hit a pregnant woman wearing a hijab (head scarf) with a stone. She has been calling midwives to avoid giving birth in the hospital because "I don't want to go to any public place." A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 1,032 adults indicated that 49% thought all Arabs--American citizens included--should have to carry special ID cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backlash: As American As... | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...Somerville resident. The resident said that while exiting the Harvard Square T Station, she was approached by 4 white males, who said “What are you doing here? Go back to your own country.” One of the suspects then grabbed her religious scarf and tried to rip it off her head...

Author: By Alexander B. Ginsberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...here, accused of preaching Christianity. After traveling 10,000 miles to a country where few dare to venture, the parents had to leave their daughters behind to an uncertain fate. Waiting to board a U.N. plane for Islamabad, Deborah Oddy, mother of Heather Mercer, 24, wore a black head scarf and sobbed uncontrollably. Since the Soviet invasion in 1979, this country has seen more than its share of tears. Now the frightened residents of Kabul are worried that this latest incident will bring on even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Land of Endless Tears | 9/24/2001 | See Source »

...Pakistan, are lined with both mirrors and Durrani's own cool-hued paintings of women flying, dancing, sleeping, gazing dreamily?lovely nudes in ethereal settings. Four months ago, a strange houseguest started drifting uncertainly through the elegant rooms, her head and face shrouded by a dark brown head-scarf. She stared at the paintings but took pains to avoid all those mirrors, explaining that she was afraid of herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Evil That Men Do | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...attempts at reviving the classic haute couture style of Givenchy, it was lauding Saint Laurent for a collection which could have appeared on the runway at anytime in the last 25 years. A collection which opened with an orange blazer worn with a violet blouse tied like a scarf at the neck and a shapeless brown skirt. Particularly effusive were the grandes dames of English-language fashion writing. pure elegance by patron saint of paris fashion read the headline of the piece by the Daily Telegraph's Hilary Alexander. "It proved that he holds all the secrets of couture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle of the Boring | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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