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...mental, to marry. Most countries do not have a specific ban on forced marriages and instead prosecute the practice under laws forbidding kidnapping or sexual, physical or mental abuse. "Forced marriage affects men and women from all over the world and across many cultural groups," says Dr. Mohammad Talib, professor of contemporary South Asian studies at Oxford. "Historically, forced marriages also occurred among members of the British aristocracy...
...Nobody knows exactly how many people are forced into marriages because, as scholars like Talib note, most affected women are afraid to seek help and ostracize themselves from their communities. But the U.K.'s Forced Marriage Unit, administered through the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), handled more than 1,300 cases during the first three quarters of 2008 alone, an increase of 79% over 2007. With some victims as young as 13, most cases involved women, though experts estimate that 15% of cases worldwide may involve men marrying as a result of family pressure. "We're definitely getting more calls than...
...then, do harmful traditions like forced marriage fall? Legislation is most effective when coupled with an education campaign that addresses the everyday obstacles immigrants encounter in their adopted homelands, says Oxford's Talib. "A person's emotional, social and economic dependence sometimes accounts for them becoming an easy prey to forced marriages." Immigrants struggling to retain their cultural identity in their adopted homelands need reassurance that rejecting these norms will not leave them destitute community outcasts. Otherwise, says Talib, cases like Abedin's are sure to be the exception and not the rule: "Without mustering personal strength of initiative...
Coincidentally, I was watching the concert movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party the other night, in which he puts on a bunch of these alternative hip-hop artists that you talk about in your book - Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kanye West. Other than Kanye, why don't these artists sell as well as the Jay-Zs or the 50 Cents...
...students, there were also fathers toting strings of children from the pay-per-use showers and white-haired friends perched in camp chairs. The diversity of the audience was obviously attributable to this year’s line-up, which included such varied bands as Vampire Weekend, Sigur Ros, Talib Kweli, the Disco Biscuits, and comedian Chris Rock. There was something for everyone. I knew that there would be this musical diversity when I began my trip, but it still did not help me come to terms with the fact that a burnt-out heavy metal band now occupied...