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...your cover story "How Pakistan Let Itself Down" [May 25]: Corrupt politicians are responsible for the deteriorating situation of the country. Ordinary Pakistanis worry about what's going to happen tomorrow but the ruling élite has no concerns. Their grand villas and big bank balances in Europe and America are waiting for them. Hasan Raza Gondal, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND...
...returned at 18 in hijabs - a sharp break from their families' traditions. Their transformation was hardly unique. Aida Begic, 33, a director whose first feature film Snow has won numerous awards, says her teen years in besieged Sarajevo shook her to the core. "Every minute you wonder what will happen after you die," she says. "You cannot postpone those questions until old age." After years of dabbling in Buddhism and Judaism, and a phase as a punk rocker with blue hair, four years ago Begic adopted the Islamic head scarf and long dress and became deeply religious. She says...
...lunar surface - that would drive anybody nuts. He guides the film at a tempo that is both measured and assured; here, it's clear, is a director who knows how to get the viewer on his pensive wavelength. Mass-audience action fans may plead for more stuff to happen, but they should attend to the tensions within the silences, in a place where no one can hear Sam scream...
...areas of foreign and national-security policy. But he did express a belief that the remarkable street demonstrations of the past week would basically change the nature of the power structure - in effect, forcing the Supreme Leader to pay more attention to public opinion. We asked what would happen if he lost. "Change has already started," he said. "Only part of this change is about winning in the elections. The other part will continue, and there is no going back." (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...
...expect them to happen so suddenly? I said in my first lecture at Tehran University that people are Janus-faced. They can have this duality. They both respect revolutionary values and look forward to modern changes. If you look at Vali Asr [Tehran's longest and most famous street], from all the way north to the south, there are people from all sorts of backgrounds and with all sorts of different dress codes and outfits, but they're able to gather together for one cause. (See pictures of the lasting influence of Ayatullah Khomeini...