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Veiled Muslim Teens Reflect on World Hijab Day
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- February 1st, 2015
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)--In second grade, the year when students begin to spell, Tehran Riaz decided to wear the hijab.
"I was nervous at first but everyone was so supportive," said Riaz, now a seventh grader in Corona, Queens. "Some people told me that I looked better without the hijab but that didn't affect me. I even made new friends who also wore the hijab. Nobody looked at me differently. It was all my decision to wear the scarf."
The headscarf or veil some Muslim women and girls wear to show their devotion to God is an act of modesty. But for many teens, the hijab can also make them the target of harassment.
5 Ways to Keep the Spiritual Momentum of the High Holidays
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- October 12th, 2015
The High Holidays and Sukkot have ended. This marathon of Jewish Holy Days earned many of us an increased spiritual awareness, sensitivity and commitment. But how can we maintain that growth throughout the year?
Here are five suggestions for maintaining the momentum of the High Holidays:
15,000 Years Ago, Probably in Asia, the Dog Was Born
Gray wolves are their ancestors. Scientists are pretty consistent about that. And researchers have suggested that dogs’ origins can be traced to Europe, the Near East, Siberia and South China.
Central Asia is the newest and best candidate, according to a large study of dogs from around the world.
Laura M. Shannon and Adam R. Boyko at Cornell University, and an international group of other scientists, studied not only purebred dogs, but also street or village dogs — the free-ranging scavengers that make up about 75 percent of the planet’s one billion dogs.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/science/central-asia-could-be-birthplace-of-the-modern-dog.html
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