"My rule is to behave equally toward all of my wives," he said. "But the first wife was very, very jealous when the second wife came. When the third arrived, the first two created an alliance against her. So I have to be a good diplomat."

Many men in this region are forced into marriages when they are as young as 13

Ottoman period, when harem culture abounded and having several wives was viewed as a symbol of influence, sexual prowess and wealth.

Because polygamous marriages are not recognized by the state -- imams who conduct them are subject to punishment -- the wives have no legal status, making them vulnerable when marriages turn violent.

his struggle to remember all of his children's names.

With his 5 wives, 55 children and 80 grandchildren, 400 sheep, 1,200 acres of land and a small army of servants, Aga Mehmet Arslan would seem an unlikely defender of monogamy.

Henry Fuseli’s famous “Nightmare

Many Latin American countries hold similar celebrations, with some colorful regional differences:  In Ecuador, the Day of the Dead is observed with ceremonial foods such as colada morada, a spiced fruit porridge, and guagua de pan, a bread shaped like a swaddled infant

I was particularly fond of the sugar skulls; I always tried to bite into them, but they tend to be so hard that I would have to ask my father to break mine with a hammer

Mexico is known as Día de los Muertos, “Day of the Dead,” and celebrations take place on the first two days of November, when family and friends gather to remember loved ones who have died.

The evening before All Saints Day was referred to as All Hallows’ Eve, which eventually

Some blocks in my neighborhood are getting downright spooky – front yards are filling with spider webs and tombstones, and ghosts peek through the bushes.

allowing it to offer dual-language instruction in Spanish and English from kindergarten through fifth grade.

are parents seeking a quality education for their children and the real-life costs of English-only education.

allows public schools to bypass Proposition 227 if parents sign a waiver

“a substantial spillover effect”—higher math and reading scores—for children from English-only homes who were enrolled in schools with bilingual education programs.

abolish bilingual education in California

Education for school age children between the first and ninth grades is free and compulsory in El Salvador. After the ninth grade, students can study for three more years towards an academic diploma, or choose vocational training.

Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the constitution of the republic and the government respects these rights, leading to a diverse selection of independent media outlets.

There are also a variety of magazines available in El Salvador, in both Spanish and English.

There are approximately 65 airports in El Salvador. However, only Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador, located 44 kilometers (27 miles) outside of San Salvador, handles international traffic.

Public buses are the most common form of public transportation in El Salvador.

and it is more common to serve single plates with a number of dishes mixed.

Most Salvadorans eat three meals a day.

Spanish is the official language of El Salvador. Among the more educated, English is the most common second language.

Land Area: 20,721 square kilometers (8,000 square miles)

Currency: United States dollar

(In 2011, the estimated population of the San Salvador metropolitan area was unofficially 2.44 million.)

The average population density is approximately 299 persons per square kilometer (774 per square mile).

El Salvador's population growth has slowed, with a decline in the number of youths and a slowly aging population. Life expectancy is 71 years for men and 78 years for women (2014 estimate). Over one million Salvadorans, or approximately 20 percent of the population, live abroad, mainly because of economic and social hardship within their native country. During the civil war, an estimated 75,000 Salvadorans were killed.

El Salvador's population growth has slowed, with a decline in the number of youths and a slowly aging population. Life expectancy is 71 years for men and 78 years for women (2014 estimate). Over one million Salvadorans, or approximately 20 percent of the population, live abroad, mainly because of economic and social hardship within their native country. During the civil war, an estimated 75,000 Salvadorans were killed

Census Bureau

because, as the census guide notes, “people of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin may be of any race,” and more than a third of Latinos check “other.”

“Whenever you have people who can’t find themselves in the question, it’s a bad question,”

More than 18 million Latinos checked this “other” box in the 2010 census, up from 14.9 million in 2000.

Erica Lubliner, who has fair skin and green eyes — legacies of her Jewish father and her Mexican mother — said she was so “conflicted” about the race question on the census form that she left it blank.

Ethnography

the almost universal belief that all people define the real world of objects, events, and living creatures in pretty much the same way.