by Daniel Koik in News
by Daniel Koik
Nadine Cheaib watched the towers fall from the lobby of Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. "We had just gotten out of Arabic class. We were glued to the TV for the next week."
Cheaib, a second year graduate student in the CCAS, is Lebanese-American.
by Glenn Galloway in News
by Glenn Galloway
In general, most Americans associate foreign films with lethargic Frenchmen sitting around cafes smoking effeminate cigarettes. Luckily for moviegoers, Japanese filmmakers provide the world with many exceptional directors and actors. A prime example of this quality is Akira Kurosawa's masterpiece Seven Samurai, showing at the Kennedy Center's American Film Institute Theater through Sept.
by Daniel Koik in News
by Daniel Koik
I had never known that the Pentagon is visible from Village A until I watched it burn. From that perspective, the building had simply resembled every other low-rise office complex in the distance. I am fairly certain that no one else thought about it either.
by Elizabeth McCrocklin in News
By Elizabeth McCrocklin
In room after tiny room across campus, a similar domestic scene unfolds: suitcases explode their well-packed contents over beds and dressers, cabinet space is divided up, pictures are carefully arranged on bedside tables in the hope of transforming a closet-sized living space into a home.
2008 Woodie Awards