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...Supporting such programming in a pious country was a gamble. Under the Taliban, musical performances were banned. So was TV. But today, media company Moby Capital Partners, owner of Tolo TV, is prospering. Tolo TV's mix of news, sports, music, reality shows and Indian soap operas draws nearly two-thirds of the country's viewers, according to a recent survey by a Kabul consulting company. Tolo, one of six private stations in Afghanistan, has drawn the ire of conservatives who decry its use of female presenters. But its programs appeal to young Afghans (half the population is below...
...different films all speak about how we, we all, can live together. I am interested in the human condition. The different topics are almost pretext to speak about that, to observe human beings.” And cinema itself? He could only express its essence in a mix of English and his native tongue: “For me, cinema is this: things we see, things we don’t see, the visible, the invisible, transparency and opacity…Voil?...
...system suggest that neither the anti-Syrian nor the pro-Syrian factions will be able achieve dominance over the country in our lifetime. Nonetheless, both have the means to inflict considerable and prolonged suffering on the Lebanese people in a futile attempt to transform the country’s mix of competing political creeds into one norm. Based on this understanding, the world should—temporarily—abandon the idea of an international tribunal for the slain Lebanese leader Rafik al-Hariri, because it will most likely lead to more hostility. Instead, the international community should focus...
Undergraduate Council (UC) presidential elections are funded by public UC money. With six tickets in the mix this year—twice last year’s three tickets—our electoral buffet comes with a hefty price tag: $2,400 to be exact. While it might be tempting to find ways to cut that number down—either by increasing the barriers to enter the race or reducing the amount given to each team—we are convinced that the money spent this time of year is well worth it. All it takes...
...sound and fury it has generated, the region's near stalemate may be a good thing: For most of the 20th century, Latin America swung between oligarchic capitalism and populist socialism, and neither fixed the continent's tragic gap between rich and poor. A more sensible, European-style mix - a Third Way - was often discussed; but reactionaries like Chile's Augusto Pinochet and communists like Cuba's Fidel Castro gave it no room to breathe. Now, with democracy more entrenched in the region, the two camps have been forced to face the fact that Latin voters prefer fresh ideas...