Today's Links

I've been trying to keep a regular Afghanistan beat over at American Footprints, with today's entry being an account of this article on the rise of temporary marriage among the country's Hazaras. Before that, I was following the Parliamentary battle over confirmation of Hamid Karzai's new Cabinet.

One of my students, Zainab al-Khawaja, has a blog, though she has yet to perfect the art of using it to procrastinate. I especially like these poems.

Also, Madison today was swept by rumors of a sweep for illegal immigrants that saw children pulled out of school and lots of people miss work. That's not the only current news issue that hit close to home, however, as Praktike was recently in the Dahab grocery store attacked by terrorists.