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By Stephen Dakeino Rappahannock NW* Staff Writwr
These days tmth and pohtics art' so stretched by hyperbole that the rule to the exception often seems lost. This year, several students from different countries - with different customs and faiths - are attending Wakefield Country Day School in Flint Hill and proving that the rule is often more interesting than what is otherwise
so blithely accepted as
Hsyar Maourouri - a 17year-old student visiting from Morocco - is a case in point. She is a charming young woman with a bright ” smile and an impish sense of humor. She listens to pop star Avril Lavigne. plays volleyball and basketball, and plans to go to college. She is also Muslim. And although she wears a headscarf' - which she calls 'stylish'* - and modestly covers her arms and kgs. all of this is incident.u to being just a normal teenager like every other student at Wakefield.
Asked why she wanted to come to the United States. Maourouri said that she wanted to learn mom about the American people. She went on to explain - with a mischievous smile - that to date her understanding of American youth was from watching the movie. "High School Musical." But she clearly has a serious side as well. As an assignment in her US. government class, she was asked to watch Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. When asked what she thought, she replied that she thought it
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