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...Harvard Law Review’s 122nd president stepped into office this week, beginning a year-long term at one of the world??s most prestigious legal periodicals. Robert W. Allen, currently in his second year at Harvard Law School, was elected president Saturday. “It was an amazing feeling, sort of unreal at the time. I really didn’t expect the results and was really surprised when I found out,” said Allen, who won last year’s Sears Prize for having the highest grades in his class. After...
...entertain any possibility of that happening. Unsurprisingly, then, the two failed to reach any kind of understanding by Dec. 10, the deadline set by the United Nations for negotiations on Kosovo’s eventual status. With that deadline passed, Kosovo is widely expected to secede and become the world??s youngest country. But it is ignoring the consequences of a sudden divorce. As it stands, an independent Kosovo could create broad reactionary backlash in Belgrade and more enmity in the Balkans—the last thing that region needs. On the other hand, its current status...
...candidate’s credit.Is this the sort of America we want to live in? How can a nation founded on the precepts of equality and tolerance elect leaders in part based on their perceived ability to malign a religion that over one-sixth of the world??s population subscribes to? Many Americans, as a result, have developed the false sense that Islam and the West are destined to clash. This misconception of a binary opposition that hawkish politicians use to paint the picture of the current balance of world power allows politicians to sell an overly simplistic...
Born in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century, al-Hakim is known as the father of the Arab world??s dramatic tradition. His highly philosophical plays were not generally well received by action-hungry audiences; this became such a problem that al-Hakim began to describe his work as a “théâtre des idées,” more suitable for reading and study than for performance...
...perfect. But, I also know that this community is made up of human beings who have a lot in common. We are all moved by our love of learning and see ourselves as works in progress. We all experience love and loss, joy and sorrow. We all take our world??both inside and outside our gates—very seriously. And we are all motivated to contribute to making these four years as meaningful as possible...