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...model of an Andalusian Mosque, complete with arches and pillars, and a jewelry box embossed with 'Najat,' the name of some prisoner's beloved. "It actually makes me quite proud that these men that are so demonized are capable of producing these pieces of artwork," says Moazzam Begg, a British man who was an inmate at Guantanamo until he was released in 2005. He conceived of the show after seeing a museum displaying artworks by prisoners held during Ireland's Troubles, and worked with the human rights group Cage Prisoners to sponsor the show. "When one sees what a father...
...have changed it,” said Natalia Martinez ’08, who is one of the Harvard Cancer Society’s bone marrow project directors. This year was also the first time that potential donors were screened with cheek swabs rather than blood tests, according to Moazzam Khan, the community outreach director for SAMAR. Due to this innovation, the process is faster, less daunting, and cheaper, he said. “It used to be $70, now it is only $52,” he added. “Now everyone can do the drive, once...
...release, expected within weeks, would bring to an end an embarrassing diplomatic tussle between Downing Street and its closest ally; the detainees' three-year confinement and allegations of mistreatment and torture have triggered a huge outcry in Britain. But what will happen to the men - Feroz Abbasi, Moazzam Begg, Richard Belmar and Martin Mubanga - isn't clear. While the Pentagon, which also plans to release an Australian detainee, said that Britain had made "a number of security assurances" and agreed to "work to prevent [the men] from engaging in or otherwise supporting terrorist activities," Straw told M.P.s that Britain...
...Labour M.P. David Winnick, reflecting the widespread conviction that Bush owes Blair a favor in return for his loyalty during the Iraq war, caught the national mood at Prime Minister's question time: "Put your foot down, Prime Minister!" None of this noise filters back to Camp Delta, where Moazzam Begg, 35, from Birmingham, and Feroz Abbasi, 23, from south London, spend their days in a kind of timeless limbo, residing in dorms 2.4 m by 2 m, in heat that often reaches 38?C, where they're permitted as little as 30 minutes, three times per week, for exercise...
While the last of these details was being haggled out, Hyderabad's two princes knelt for more than 30 minutes before propped up pictures of their brides. With aching knees they rose at last. Crown Prince Azam Jah was married to Caliph's Daughter Princess Durri Chehvar, 18. Prince Moazzam Jah espoused Caliph's Cousin Princess Hadice Nilufer, 16. Both weddings were double, a civil marriage by the local British consul and a religious service by His Holiness who was said to have remarked, "Do you know I have never performed a marriage before...