Posted on 14 May 2009. Tags: Arranged Marriage, Coney Island, Culture Clash, Pakistan, Women's Rights
By: Maria Clark and Jessica Wakeman Naseem Qureshi knew that soon after high school she would leave the bustling Brooklyn neighborhood she grew up in to marry a husband chosen for her in her parents’ homeland. She married the Pakistani man her parents selected for her in 1995. “It happened with my sisters, so I […]
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Posted on 20 March 2009. Tags: Golden Gloves
By: Tracy Chimming, Maria Clark, Indrani Datta, Jeanmarie Evelly & Jessica Wakeman Boxing fans gathered Wednesday night in Brooklyn to watch 14 young hopefuls battle it out to advance in the famous Golden Gloves competition. Held at Thomas Jefferson High School, the event was just one in a 10-week series of bouts before the final […]
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