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...story: “driven mad” with love by the sight of a woman named Layla, the poet Qays expresses his 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...
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...longtime magnetism between celebrity Pentecostal preachers and scandal. The 48-year-old regular on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) made her reputation with a sermon renouncing pre-marital sex to search for a holy partner. She appeared to find one in a minister named Thomas Weeks III, wed him in a $1 million on-air ceremony, and together they went out to preach and teach the perfect Christian marriage. Then, in August she accused him of badly beating her in a parking lot (he has been charged, but claims he "walked away" from the confrontation), and said she planned...
...story. Love stories are old. They're universal. Nearly everyone has one. Which makes them nearly impossible to write well. This summer has brought us License to Wed, in which a couple is nearly driven apart by their wacky priest's marriage-prep course; I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, in which Adam Sandler pretends to marry his firefighter buddy for health-insurance reasons; No Reservations, in which two competitive chefs fall in love; and Becoming Jane, in which Jane Austen has to choose between love and proper behavior. Coming in September is Good Luck Chuck, in which every girl...
...seen him in four months, but I knew I was making the right choice," says Ubaid. Since their engagement, they have met on just four occasions, and Ali says they are resigned to remaining "engaged on the cell phone" for months, even years, before they can wed. As for many couples in Baghdad these days, a face-to-face meeting is a luxury, not a necessity...