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...Shakir said she felt ambivalent about the results of the invasion. [CLARIFICATION APPENDED...
...Shakir said that she is hoping to pursue a career somehow involved with the Middle East. She is also going to be a member of the Arab Alumni Association Board...
...Like Shakir, Jafar said she sees her Iraqi heritage influencing her future...
...CORRECTION: The March 18 news article "Watercolor Memories" gave an incorrect location for a 2005 model United Nations conference, which was held in Cambridge and not New York City. The article also stated that Deena S. Shakir '08 has completed a citation in Arabic. Although the joint Social Studies and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations concentrator has taken classes in Arabic, she has not received a citation in the language...
CLARIFICATIONS:The March 18 news article "Watercolor Memories" did not completely represent the topic of Deena S.Shakir's '08 thesis. Although Shakir did interview first generation Arab-Americans as the article stated, her thesis is focused on the change in Arab identity since Sept. 11. The article also provided an incomplete view of Shakir's opinion of Iraq. Although she did say, "I would blame Saddam as much as America for the way Iraq is now," Shakir is not "ambivalent" about the "results of [American] invasion," as the article stated, but places blame for the state of Iraq...