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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Aniseya hides behind the front door, peeping out occasionally as her father speaks, her face covered with a head scarf. "Our tradition is that girls have to get married when they are 21, 22. Time is running out for her," the nervous father said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Sri Lanka, Tsunami Anniversary Inspires Mixed Reactions | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

...maybe we're uncertain about whether Ms. Rain is just an extended version of Precious' frequent and vivid fantasies. Daniels shoots Sidibe onstage at the Apollo, as well as magically acting out a scene with Mary from Vittorio De Sica's Two Women and receiving a scarf as a talisman from a red-clad fairy godmother (played by former Essence magazine editor Susan L. Taylor). These sequences have a joyous Wizard of Oz energy to them, and they open the door into Precious' mind in a way even Sapphire couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Precious Review: Too Powerful for Tears | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

...called home immediately after he heard of the attack in Fort Hood, but she reassured him she was fine. Thiam says she has felt no impact and heard no criticism from her neighbors and says she is still proud to dress in her long robes and head scarf. "I fear no one but Allah," she says, pointing heavenward. "I depend on Allah. he will always help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Muslim Community Moves On After Ft. Hood | 11/14/2009 | See Source »

...began to pity other girls who didn’t have glasses. Ha! How could those pedestrian fools be taken seriously in the world of academia, I would think to myself, fogging my spectacles and gingerly polishing them with my scarf...

Author: By Julia M. Spiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Can See Clearly Now | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...leader. "She called me up and said, 'I've just had a baby. I need to take oath. I need a green outfit. And I want wide shoulders.' " The shoulder pads got progressively bigger. "She really had a fixation about them." Khan then suggested that she wear a white scarf to crown the ensemble, displaying both colors of the Pakistani flag. In 1996, when Princess Diana visited Pakistan, Rizwan Beyg was commissioned to outfit her. "I actually dressed her in a man's achkar [a long, traditional buttoned jacket]," recalls Beyg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Week Comes to Pakistan Amid Mayhem | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

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