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While the faculty has remained relatively quiet thus far, complaints by students that their voices are not being heard are growing louder...
...Zaki, 45, is not a jihadi, at least not in the sense that word has come to be understood in the West since 9/11. A small, frail man with soft eyes and a courtly demeanor, his voice is not much louder than a whisper. He has too much old-world refinement to join a screaming mob and burn an American flag. Nor would he dream of strapping a bomb to his stomach and blowing himself up in a shopping mall. Still, he sees the U.S. as a force of great evil that, along with Israel, is hell-bent on destroying...
...that says, "Have faith in the Lord! Sing! Sing!", Tuku waves the choir to a stop. He consults the choirmasters about a note change, then turns back to the group. They start. And above their rapidly building four-part harmony, you hear Tuku, spurring them on. "Open your mouths! Louder! I want you to break these walls down!" It's a message all Zimbabwe needs to hear...
...rather have steady, methodical change - gradual democratization. Democratic forces exist, but every time they've had a chance to express themselves fully, they were silenced because of external issues." Foremost among these, says Ibrahim, is the Palestinian question. "At one point the slogan was: 'No voice should be louder than the battle for Palestine.' That permeated the language of discourse of all dictators in the Arab world - Palestine first and then we'll get down to business. These issues were often used as delaying tactics." While jailed in Cairo's notorious Tora Prison, Ibrahim interviewed inmates who were convicted Muslim...
...calling card. So I consult in-house flirting guru Peta Heskell. "Some men relentlessly assault themselves with negative feelings," she tells me. "The key is getting rid of the voices in your head." Final score: zero cards, two e-mail addresses - and those voices in my head ringing even louder. For this speed dater, what's billed as a new hope for singles is mostly hype - amusing, certainly, but unlikely to match you with anyone who can think straight, let alone flirt. HER SIDE: Apart from bartenders and prison wardens, few women get the chance to speak to seven different...