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When Mohammed VI succeeded his father, foreign diplomats were not alone in wondering what to expect. During Hassan II's reign, people quipped about Prince One Step--meaning the boy who stood a pace behind his father, rarely speaking, quietly learning statecraft. In the past year he has turned in a stunning performance. His subjects have watched in amazement as he boldly axed his father's powerful old cronies, freed political prisoners and plunged like a pop star into crowds of adoring Moroccans...
...King quickly admits he was a little lost after his father's unexpected death from a heart attack last July at age 70. Hassan II could be cold and arrogant, and Moroccans have long gossiped about his relationship with his heir apparent. Mohammed VI gave rare glimpses in the TIME interview, affectionately calling him "Dad" and following up each mention of his father with the words "God bless his soul." Yet within weeks of assuming power, Mohammed VI took up the delicate task of healing the often bloody national wounds that his father had no small part in opening...
...that Hezbollah forced Israel to back down by force of arms makes it more difficult for Arafat to sell his own supporters on the dramatic concessions he?ll have to make as part of any agreement with the Israelis. Hezbollah isn?t making it easier as its leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, proclaims his movement?s victory is a lesson to the Palestinians to end negotiations with Israel and return to arms. And, of course, the more the Lebanon situation occupies minds in Jerusalem and Washington, the less attention the Palestinian question is likely to receive...
Three of the winners came from Iran's burgeoning cinema. Hassan Yektapanah's "Djomeh" and Bahman Ghobadi's "A Time from Drunken Horses" shared the Camera d'Or for best first film. And Samira Makhmalbaf received a Jury Prize for "Blackboards," a potent minimalist epic about itinerant Kurdish teachers. Makhmalbaf is a rare creature: a woman filmmaker in the fundamentalist Islamic republic and, at 20, the youngest director to win a prize at Cannes. Makhmalbaf said she accepted the award "on behalf of the young, new generation of hope in my homeland - to honor the heroic affairs of those...
...rendezvous with Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the turbaned leader of Hizballah, the time and place are kept secret. Eventually you are driven into a barricaded neighborhood protected by bearded militiamen and hustled into an apartment block with mirrored windows. Wallets, key chains, and even belts are removed from you and taken away for inspection. Finally you are seated in a room dominated by an acrylic painting of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. At the far end is Hizballah's yellow banner, the words "Islamic Revolution of Lebanon" written in Arabic beneath the silhouette of a holy warrior's rifle...