Lejla sehovic biography examples
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Chapter two. Portraying nationalism
1The main general questions concerning nation and nationalism that we sketched in the introductory chapter concern the value of national culture, including, prominently, language, the importance of its preservation in a (relatively) pure state, the political means of promoting the interests of an ethno-national group, and the like. Contemporary views of ethnic and national communities and their political and moral standing try to answer these questions in a reasoned and systematic way. They fall basically into two groups, a more pro-national one, which will be the main target of this book, and a more internationalist or cosmopolitan one. In this section I shall briefly present our topic; in the next I shall finesse the presentation by distinguishing two varieties of nationalism.
2I want first to sketch a portrait of classical nationalism, the central, paradigmatic sort of nationalism that one can use as the standard for determining to what
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Where I&#;m From: Berane, Montenegro
Current Hometown: Toronto, Canada
Favorite Balkan Song: Don’t make me choose&#;
But my top three at the moment are:
Vratio Sam titta Živote bygd Kemal Monteno
Za Esmu bygd Bijelo Dugme
Neka Noćas Dođu Svi bygd Tony Cetinski
Favorite Balkan Dish: Mantije and Reforma Torta
1. Can you start off by telling us a little bit more about yourself?
I was born in a town called Berane in Montenegro, as were my parents and theirs before them. Every time I go back, when the fordon turns on this one specific street and inom am looking down towards the city, my heart relaxes just a bit and finally exhales. My mom thought she’d never leave it, my dad knew he always would. They were married two weeks after dating (typical 90s Balkan style) and shortly after they had me they were given the choice between Canada or Australia and they chose Canada, chasing the ‘American dream’ as most did.
They stayed long enough for my brother to be born he
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In Search of the Body Beautiful
By Ifrat Azad
There seems no limit nowadays to the extent that women (and men) are prepared to go to for that 'perfect look'. Forget false eyelashes and wigs, we are now talking scalpels, implants and liposuction!
Cosmetic surgery amongst film actresses has been commonplace for quite some time now, but these days, we wouldn't be too hard pressed to find ordinary women on the street who are more plastic than real! Indeed, in some circles, having multiple facelifts has become a status symbol: the more you have, the higher you are in the status rankings.
If questioned whether cosmetic surgery was Islamically correct or not, then without doubt, most Muslims would instinctively respond by saying that it isn't, for the simple reason that it would be interfering with Allah's creation. And certainly, this would be the correct response. [Scholars have noted several exceptions to this general rule if there is a genuine medical need for i