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...second floor of Kuwait Red Crescent hospital in Peshawar, in the farthest bed next to a window, the sprawled body takes up only a fragment of the cot. Rahmat Hussain, 10, is not the only child on the floor, but he is the most seriously injured. Most of the time, the bandaged wound is covered by a thin, dirty green blanket. With a tentative smile, as if offering a guest a cup of tea, his older brother, Tor Kham, volunteers to pull back the blanket...
...resonating far beyond the boundaries of the Nation of Islam. Black filmmaker Spike Lee has spotlighted Farrakhan in his two most recent movies, School Daze and Do the Right Thing, and rap artists like Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane and others are now wearing the Islamic star and crescent...
...crawfish pie, gumbo, red beans and rice), set in America's premier party town. Now in its 21st year, the festival will play host to some 3,000 musicians, including local artists and such international stars as B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Linda Ronstadt, Gary Burton, Ornette Coleman and the Crescent City's own Neville Brothers. April 27 through...
...ORLEANS PIANO (Homespun Video). "I think," says Dr. John in his best gone-fishing voice, "we're gonna start off with a little Frankie and Johnny, a la Professor Longhair." No matter if you don't know about the good professor (the past master of R. and B. keyboard, Crescent City style) or aren't sure about the good doctor either (one of Longhair's foremost disciples, the winner of a 1990 Grammy Award for a duo jazz vocal and a kind of living archive of musical history). Just sit back and watch Dr. John work his way through...
Woody remembers that trip, along with two earlier jaunts to the Crescent City, as high points of his life. Accompanied by Diane Keaton, he scurried around the French Quarter with his clarinet under his arm, looking, listening and sitting in with local jazzmen. "It was like watching Willie Mays all your life and then finding yourself in the outfield with him," Woody recalls. Festival producer George Wein even talked him into playing a set at one of the official concerts...