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Making itself a standout amongst nations in Islamic worlds, Egypt amended its divorce laws last Wednesday and began to lift the veil of repression that has relegated women in Egypt to second-class status for centuries. Not only will a woman now be able to divorce her husband without his consent, she will also be able to garnish his wages if he is recalcitrant in providing support. A state fund has also been established to assist those whose husbands cannot be found. Perhaps as noteworthy as the reforms, though, is Egypt's proof that granting equal rights to women does...
...tiny...' But Jennifer's third career is definitely getting the most attention lately-and that, of course, is her bitter war with Mariah Carey over who can wear the least clothing to a public event. But the war ended last week. Jennifer wins. The dress-uh, veil-that she wore to the Grammys was the reason they invented the new TV ratings system. How it stayed in that position is anybody's guess (then again, if it fell off that means more publicity; and plus, with Puffy in the wings, I'm sure she wasn't planning on wearing...
...have lived by the slogan "Those who say don't know, and those who know don't say." In his new biography of the sect's enigmatic former leader, The Messenger: The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad (Pantheon Books; 667 pages; $29), Karl Evanzz aims to pierce that veil of secrecy but misses the mark...
...fiction has no place in a biography." That's fine if you imagine that biographies are by and large truthful. They are not. As anyone who has ever attempted to write a "true" account of an actual event knows, the very act of putting pen to paper creates a veil of artifice that is drawn over the subject in question. If anything, Morris' technique strikes me as honest. He views his subject through the veil of fiction. It is truth that has no place in a biography. History is a consensual lie. ALEXANDER M. STERN Rochester...
...VEIL OF ARTIFICE...