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...Herat perhaps best embodies Tehran's posture in Afghanistan: monolithic walls of gray concrete are lined with a series of oversized flags in red, green and white, at once insular and proud. "Look at the way they try to stand out, even compared to the government ministries here," says Shir Agha Malikey, a Herat resident who fled to Iran during the Afghan civil war. "They are not trying to hide their strength...
...Columbia. Thus, the blazer has come to represent a poetic irony that is reflective of my Harvard experience. Like my blazer, seersucker itself has an ironic history. Originating in India, the word “seersucker” comes from the Hindi, Urdu, and Persian words “shir o shakar,” meaning “milk and sugar.” Not exactly the first thing to come to mind when one is drinking a Mint Julep. In the United States, seersucker was first worn by the working class in the South and then was later...
Approximately 500 students passed through the large white tent to purchase Israeli chocolate, keychains, flags and food while listening to live music from the Jewish a cappella group Mizmor Shir and a student Klezmer Band, Recklez. The tent also featured tables offering information about traveling to Israel and studying there...
Joseph M. Mazor, a second year graduate student who sang with Mizmor Shir yesterday and also serves as its musical director, said he felt it was important that the group perform at the event...
Over the coming months, Paretzky says she was pleasantly surprised to find that her friends encouraged her singing—they seemed to think she had promise. During her second year in Mizmor Shir, she even won an award for best soloist at the 2001 International Competition of Collegiate A Cappella...