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...over 10,000 testimonies from victims, perpetrators and witnesses of sexual violence in Iraq in the last two and a half years, according to Higonnet. Most of the testimonies gathered attest to a wide array of sexual violence against men and women under Saddam Hussein as well as the Ba??ath party. The violence ranged from the threat of rape to sexual harassment by party officials, sexual enslavement to gang rape, and to forced nudity which Higonnet called a staple of detention facilities. Higonnet said the data depict the culture of misogyny and terror that prevailed during Hussein?...
...vocal effects on “Neighbors” and “Open Book” recall his production of Gorillaz’ “Demon Days.” Additionally, the psychedelic “Surprise,” with its “ba-ba?? harmonic chorus, brings to mind an unusual influence: Athens, Ga. indie-pop band The Olivia Tremor Control, who have been previously cited by Danger Mouse as a significant influence. Some of the album’s less hectic tracks showcase the neo-soul that the duo is best known...
When Kanan Makiya entered the basement of the Ba??ath Party Regional Command Headquarters in April 2003, he found papers strewn all over the floor. American soldiers had been there first, looking for weapons. They had pulled down shelves and left the regime’s official records scattered in random piles. Only weeks after the fall of Baghdad, Makiya, an Iraqi expatriate and Harvard researcher, had returned to his hometown to continue a process he began 30 years before—gathering the memory of his country...
Tulane’s medical facilities remained open while the rest of the university closed after Katrina. The medical school has not stopped operating despite the university’s more than $450 million losses, Ba??os said...
...Ba??os, who also oversaw the selection committee that chose Sachs, said that the London native was selected with strong support from committee members. “The challenge is that you need someone who is an extremely strong educator, and excellent manager, a good clinician and you need that person to have a strong presence in external affairs,” she said...