Tuesday, May 15, 2007

News at Eleven: "It's not war, it's not freedom,

it's just hair," said Ms. [Suzanne] Shah, who points out to her students how Ms. [Mohja] Kahf is more observer than judge. In the poem about American women seeing her grandmother washing her feet before prayers, for example, Ms. Kahf writes, "They fluster about and flutter their hands, and I can see a clash of civilizations brewing in the Sears bathroom."

from The New York Times: She Carries Weapons; They Are Called Words

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