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...guest slot" at Fajr. "It was not shown as an important film," says Panahi. "They didn't give any value to it." Even with the freedom to speak their minds, the directors at Berlin didn't say anything controversial. And two weeks ago, Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vetoed Ahmadinejad's decree, reinstating the ban that keeps women away from football matches. Nevertheless, there are signs that making movies in Iran could be getting a little bit easier. "Because the former government, under President Mohammed Khatami, was moderate, it was always afraid of upsetting the conservatives," says...
RESIGNED. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 36, prominent Somali-born Dutch parliament member and outspoken opponent of Islamic extremism; after officials, citing a TV report detailing Hirsi Ali's misrepresentation of her name and birth date on her 1992 asylum application, declared her passport invalid, despite Hirsi Ali's previous public acknowledgment of the falsifications; in The Hague. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk was widely criticized for her treatment of the women's advocate and forced to back down, but Hirsi Ali, who has endured death threats because of her views, said she planned to leave the Netherlands. She is expected to join...
Today, a visitor and guest of the University, the Dutch parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali, is greeted with posters for two events, at the Kennedy School and at the Center for Government and International Studies, both bearing a lengthy disclaimer that while the organizers welcome “dialogue” and all that good stuff, these events should not be taken as endorsement of Hirsi Ali’s views, nor should she be considered “to be representative for the Dutch public opinion on these issues.” It may be worth reminding the community that...
...family that can be the focus of nationalism. The Queen has fulfilled her role perfectly. She must be proud of what she has achieved. She has been an inspiration to the nation and other peoples of the world [and] embodies one of the West's greatest institutions. Syed Ali Musa Zaidi Rawalpindi, Pakistan...
...looking for a face-saving way out. The Ahmadinejad letter was preceded by a separate, more pragmatic overture: an "open letter" submitted to TIME and published on TIME.com from Iran's former top nuclear negotiator, who is now a senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. The piece lays out a multistep plan to resolve the nuclear standoff. Officially, the Bush Administration rejected Tehran's purported attempts to start a direct dialogue. "It's not a serious diplomatic overture," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. Instead, Washington signed on last week to a European-backed package...