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...longing in verse. Later known as Majnun—or “driven mad”—Qays is forbidden to wed Layla. Although technically married to another, Layla remains faithful to Majnun. Layla’s husband soon dies, but the lovers’ union is broken by Layla’s own death. Majnun himself dies after hearing of Layla’s fate. Two examples of Indian art, the paintings “Tormented Lovers” and “Majnun with Gazelle,” portray Majnun as an archetype of religious...
People in the western world remember the streets of Budapest for the brave stand its people took against the Soviet Union in 1956. On Sept. 29 and 30 the streets of Hungary's capital city were home to an uprising against a very different kind of foe: breast cancer, the subject of this week's cover story...
...midst of Sudan’s impunity, the recent attack on African Union (A.U.) peacekeepers in Darfur by rebels in Haskanita has imperiled the peace talks scheduled for October in Libya. Although a hybrid United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is slated to relieve the A.U. peacekeepers by the end of the year, its success is contingent upon Sudan’s cooperation. Supposedly, Khartoum has committed to the hybrid force, but it has also granted free reign to likely war criminals, making future attacks a certainty...
...commissioner for consumer protection in the European Union (E.U.) criticized the U.S. organization responsible for product safety and urged the two bodies to work together to enforce higher standards, in a speech Tuesday at the Center for European Studies (CES). “In the area of the governance of product safety, the US might stand to benefit from a closer study of what has been done in Europe over the years,” commissioner Meglena Kuneva said in her talk, titled “Consumer Protection as a Challenge and Opportunity for the Transatlantic Agenda...
Student protesters and union members gathered yesterday outside the Holyoke Center to protest the August firing of a Harvard library assistant who had been arrested for allegedly making terrorist threats in the Alewife T station. The rally was staged by the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) and the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers. The groups have demanded that the University rehire the longtime employee, David S. Toomey, an assistant at the Harvard College Library’s technical services division. The groups said Harvard discriminated against Toomey, a 20-year library veteran who they said has a medical...