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...very balanced article covering Islam Awareness Week's multi-ethnic dinner and speech of Sulayman Nyang ("Scholar Addresses Islamic Values During Dunster House Gathering," Nov. 10). We hope that in the future all articles fairly represent Muslim views and values rather than spotlight the negative and reinforce misconceptions. --Shirin Sinner '98 Islam Awareness Week Publicity Coordinator Mohammad Asmal '95 Vice President, Harvard Islamic Society
Just a 10-minute walk from Tali's home lies the Palestinian village of Issawiye, home to Shirin Abu-Humos and her family. Psychologically, it is another planet. When the sirens sound, Shirin, who is just 5, remains serenely unconcerned, though the missiles could as easily fall on her home as on Tali's. She huddles with her parents and three siblings in a sealed-off room, but no one reaches for a gas mask. "I'm not afraid," brags the young girl. "It means that Saddam is throwing something at the Israelis. That's good...
...burning tires, hurling stones -- and dying violently. They see little to fear from the Scud attacks. If they are hit, it will be by accident. And whether they die by Israeli guns or Saddam's missiles, they will still be martyrs to the Palestinian cause. Says Zobaida Abu-Humos, Shirin's older cousin: "I've seen so many Palestinians die. It doesn't make any difference...
...general furor over the Dartmouth Review's editorial on Black students, "It Ain't No Jive Bro.") Then why do we still laugh at humor that degrades and insults women? While the editors of the Lampoon may not have had malicious intentions, there are limits to humor. Kamala Shirin Lakhdir...
Despite the major advantages of surprise and superior numbers, the Iraqi forces had achieved no major victory in their invasion of Iran along a 500-mile front from the Iranian border town of Qasr-e-Shirin in the north to the port of Khorramshahr in the south. The Iraqi proposal for a "unilateral ceasefire" appeared to have been merely a smokescreen to cover the fact that its forces were making limited progress toward their objectives. Baghdad's battle plan apparently called for the seizure of key cities in Iran's oil-rich Khuzistan province, which has a large...