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Hudani, who plans to earn an M. Phil in Medieval Arabic Thought, hopes to study Islamic law and philosophy with the intention of examining its position within the context of a “non-Arab Islamic world...
...privately with families and has written a letter to every one. And during his Thanksgiving Day address to the troops in Baghdad, he paid tribute to their fallen comrades. In the middle of a war, that is how the Commander in Chief can best honor the dead--in the context not of mourning but of resolve; with acknowledgment of loss, but within a larger demonstration of defiance...
...riskier than Braveheart or Gladiator, each of which did well commercially by anachronistically having its heroes fight and die for a form of modern democracy, is that Nathan Algren is battling for something that is somehow more personal and more abstract: a highly individual concept of honor. In the context of this very beautiful film, it is a struggle worth attending. --By Richard Schickel
...shame that Maltzan’s earlier work is not included in “Lift,” as it would have provided valuable context for his work thus far. His art center projects in Los Angeles (one for the non-profit Inner-City Arts program and the other for the afflient Harvard-Westlake School) show Maltzan trying to find his own voice. Only in his early 40s, Maltzan is charting a career of Gehry-like proportions; it is hard to dismiss the suspicion that “Lift” is something of a resume-builder...
...More than 100 KSG students signed a petition protesting the school’s ruling on the flag issues. “In the context of my world, it is much more accepted, faddish, and in line with the politics of the more left-leaning schools to support the Palestinian cause,” the fearful doctoral candidate says...