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...Tattered silk-screen shirts, jeans, and mini-skirts followed in the show, which was directed by Janet L. Kim ’03. The words Korea and America were stamped across the original designs in both English and Korean...
...pier in southern Bangkok. I immediately kicked off my shoes, knowing that I wouldn't be needing them for a while and savored the feel of well-polished wood beneath my feet. My room, one of six, fit two people comfortably and was charmingly decorated in teak with silk cushions and Thai art. The clever design of the cabin made up for the limited space, placing the double bed above the well-equipped sunken bathroom. I could have watched the river from my room's window, but the sun-filled upper deck beckoned?as did the bar. I joined...
...structure of most Harvard concentrations assumes that students and researchers are best organized along methodological lines—that the tools are fundamental and require mastery, while the particular subject matter, whether the Silk Road or Route 66, can be picked up as one goes along. Of course, this vision is imperfectly realized. History and Literature, for instance, associates what it admits to be two very different methods of inquiry, and one wonders whether political philosophy, political economy and rational-choice theory all deserve the same “government” label. Some of the sciences and the various...
...Grand Mosque of Mecca standing before the ancient Kaaba, a rectangular stone room sheathed in black silk and cotton embroidered in gold with Koranic verses. I am about to perform one of the most significant duties of a Muslim: to circumambulate the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, after proclaiming, "Bismillah! Allah-o-Akbar!" (In the name of God! God is Great...
...Hamid Karzai might be getting mixed political reviews from his countrymen, but during the Afghan leader's recent visit to the West his fashion sense won him raves. Here's the lowdown on his layers: 1. Karakul cap: a nod to the people of northern Afghanistan. 2. Chapan: the silk robe is an aristocratic tradition. 3. Western jacket: a symbol of East-West unity. 4. Piran-tunban: a tunic-and-trousers combo worn by southern Afghans. 'With his dress,' says Akbar Ahmed, professor of Islamic studies at American University, Washington, D.C., 'he wants to revive the best of Afghan culture...