Word: war-torn
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Sanjin Tunovic has some very vivid memories from his early life. Of course, most people would if they spent their childhood in war-torn Sarajevo, Bosnia...
...Atwar Bahjat stood out [from the other candidates] because so many of her fellow Iraqis saw her as a courageous voice for unity in a war-torn country,” said Heath. “Bahjat was half-Shiite and half-Sunni and called for unity even in her last broadcast...
...Club’s upcoming production of Aristophanes’s “The Birds,” which premiered yesterday in the Agassiz Theatre. The comedy, which dates from the fifth century B.C., chronicles the misadventures of two idealistic Athenians, Pisthetairos and Euelpides, who have evacuated their war-torn city in order to establish a peaceful utopia beyond its walls...
...war-torn city of Kabul, the beauty school is more than an anomaly. The six American volunteers comprising Beauty Without Borders—of whom three are Afghan-Americans retuning home for the first time in more than twenty years—take turns teaching the latest cutting, coloring, and perming techniques to their first class of aspiring Afghan women. Through exploring the personal stories of these Afghan women, the film provides a rare and welcoming glimpse into these lives that have been tarnished by decades of war and loss...
...Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, to blame the U.S. for Iraq's current troubles while his agents are busy there. Iran's militant regime is sowing chaos in the Middle East as it goes flat out to develop nuclear weapons. It needs a distracted West and a war-torn Iraq to accomplish that goal. The sooner we face that reality, the more rational our analysis will be. Tom Minchin Melbourne, Australia...