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Lawlbringer

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17. He grew up in the 50s/60s, and he said that

Fri Apr 26, 2013, 05:33 PM

Apr 2013

in Egypt, only women past a certain age would ever "wrap up" (his words) in a hijab. Mostly, it was to hide gray hair. Then in the 70s, it got to be "suffocating." He didn't leave because of that, he was a lawyer over there and was pretty well to do. He came to visit a friend, and he really really dug America. So he came to visit again and decided to stay.

He was always a pragmatic man, and it could be because of his upbringing. Granted, it might have been because of the way his mother raised him in the climate of Egypt at that time, obviously there are extreme elements anywhere, and he was always disgusted by extremism.

Same thing happened with a friend's wife, she rejected the Hasidic life she was raised in and married a Puerto Rican Catholic guy.

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Wow. randome Apr 2013 #1

I heard/saw this person's sister on a TV interview. She was kind of an airhead, but gateley Apr 2013 #3

Yeah, the daughters especially. randome Apr 2013 #6

Agree. gateley Apr 2013 #8

Although I grew up Christian, like my Mother, Lawlbringer Apr 2013 #4

I don't want to think of Western civilization as 'superior' but sometimes... randome Apr 2013 #7

He grew up in the 50s/60s, and he said that Lawlbringer Apr 2013 #17

Thanks for the insight. randome Apr 2013 #18

wow! good read librechik Apr 2013 #2

Interesting malaise Apr 2013 #5

Is The Daily Beast run by Tucker Carlson? nt joeybee12 Apr 2013 #9

No you're thinking of the Daily Douchebag tularetom Apr 2013 #10

That's about what it is! gateley Apr 2013 #13

This same article was posted on Salon too. I read it days ago. n/t tammywammy Apr 2013 #11

True! "Daily Beast" picked it up from SALON and folks will trash it because "DB" is KoKo Apr 2013 #19

No. His thing is called The Daily Caller. The Daily Beast is excellent, IMO -- gateley Apr 2013 #12

Thanks...I was close, I guess...nt joeybee12 Apr 2013 #14

I'm a fan of The Daily Beast too. Read it almost daily. Little Star Apr 2013 #21

I don't know how much credibility to give this article cleduc Apr 2013 #15

Yeah, it's hard to know. I saw her sister on TV, so I do believe it gateley Apr 2013 #16

and she needs to work on her writing noiretextatique Apr 2013 #20