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...Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) kicked off its annual celebration of Islamic Awareness Week on Sunday with a "Night of Devotional Music and Art" featuring Turkish artist Feridun Orzgoren and a performance by Moroccan musician...
Hamad said event organizers went out of their way to make the week's activities accessible to non-Muslims by inviting well-known speakers such as controversial Turkish parliament member Merve Kavakci, who will speak at the Kennedy School of Government tonight...
...Father Writes" sections provide a thumbnail history of Palestine from the 19th century Turkish rulers through British rule after World War I up to the creation of Israel and beyond. The "I Write" portions flesh out this story with some of the people who lived and loved and died in the interim. The father's segments can be checked in reference books; the daughter's must stand or fall on their...
...rights groups plus Greek and Armenian lobbies are mobilizing against it. Turkey has a human-rights record that remains "among the worst in the world," says Representative JOHN PORTER, an Illinois Republican, and has used U.S. weapons to attack Kurds in the southeast. To help the deal along, the Turkish embassy in Washington has hired top Capitol Hill lobbyists, at a hefty $1.8 million and Textron Inc., Bell's parent company, has put $117,800 into G.O.P. and Democratic coffers for this year's races...
Rather than reference styles from past eras, Chalayan, who is Turkish Cypriot and based in London, molds each collection around a concept derived from outside the fashion world, whether it be the role of women in Islamic society (chadors of varying lengths) or the plight of families forced to leave their homes in times of war (the inspiration for the table skirt). He is equally dedicated to exploring technology (plastic dresses with shifting mechanized panels, and fabrics adorned with computer-generated prints). "The only new work you can do in fashion is via technology," he says. "It lets you create...