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Some feminists charge that burqas in any form are offensive to women. "Clearly you're not considered a full human being if you're mandated to cover yourself head to toe in this tent," says Taina Bien-Aimé, executive director of Equality Now, the international women's-rights watchdog. Sabet responds that Muslim men too have a dress code: the Koran forbids them to wear saffron or silk or expose skin from navel to knee. But Imam Mohamed Magid, who heads a moderate mosque in Sterling, Va., calls debate over Islamic clothing misdirected. "I wish there was more talk about...
...order a plate of fried rice with eggs. “Dan chow feng,” I said, pointing to the characters on the menu that I couldn’t read but whose contents I had puzzled out from the Spanish translation. “Muy bien,” the waitress said. “You know Chinese?”My first effortless trilingual conversation, in three sentences.By all means, come to Buenos Aires. When Harvard’s intersession rolls around, it’ll be gorgeous here in the southern cone of South America...
...nueva generaci?n de cineastas, tales como el chileno Nicol?s L?pez de veinte y pico de a?os, que est? causando conmoci?n en Hollywood con su pel?cula, Promedio rojo. Pero Rodr?guez, de 37 a?os no est? preparado para hablar sobre su legado. ?El t?tulo de ?m?s poderoso latino en Hollywood? est? bien porque sabes que muchos j?venes te miran y pueden ver que ser latino no es un impedimento?, dice Rodr?guez. ?Lo que siempre he querido?, a?ade p?caramente, ?es no tener que trabajar ni un d?a en mi vida...
...muestra de independencia ha sido bien recibida por muchos en la comunidad latina como se?al de que Mart?nez promover? intereses m?s all? de su compromiso con los cubanos de Miami. La Florida, a pesar de ser considerada la base de la conservadora comunidad Cubana, tiene quiz?s la comunidad latina m?s diversa de la naci?n, incluso mejicanos, puertorrique?os, centro y sur americanos que a menudo se encuentran en desacuerdo con las pol?ticas de inmigraci?n y educaci?n del presidente. M?s que cualquier otro pol?tico en Estados Unidos hoy, ?Mart?nez tiene la oportunidad de hablar por todos los hispanos?, dice Dar?o Moreno...
...General Vo Nguyen Giap, now 93, who orchestrated the victory at Dien Bien Phu and also the political-military strategy that forced the U.S. to withdraw, made a rare appearance before the media to mark the anniversary. Inevitably, the international press wanted to know his thoughts on Iraq. "Any forces that would impose their will on other nations will certainly face defeat," he answered...