Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Born: October 21, 1927
Died: December 2, 2008 (aged 81)
Bio: Elizabeth Warnock Fernea was an influential writer and filmmaker who spent much of her life in the field producing numerous ethnographies and films that capture the struggles and turmoil of African and Middle Eastern cultures. Her husband, the anthropologist Robert A.
Known for:
- Street in Marrakech (1975)
- The Arab World (1985)
- Nubian Ethnographies (1991)