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Flashback
On April 14, 1865, audiences gathered to watch the play “Our American Cousin” in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary to happen. It was Good Friday. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Union Lt.
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Belly Dancers At War
In 1942, British authorities in Cairo arrested an Egyptian dance superstar for espionage. Her name was Hekmet Fahmi. Allegedly a nationalist with connections to Anwar el-Sadat, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and members of the Egyptian revolutionary Free Office
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Culture Of War
This Japanese kawari-kabuto, or individualized helmet, dating from the 17th century sports the shape of a crouching rabbit forged from a single piece of iron. The helmet’s ear guards are shaped like ocean waves. Rabbits are commonly depicted with wav

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