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...Every day, we wonder which house the bulldozers are going to come for," says Nese Ozan, a volunteer with the Sulukule Platform, a coalition of architects, activists and social workers against the demolition. Between every three or four of the squat, derelict houses, one has been reduced to a pile of debris and twisted metal. A red X marks those that are next in line for the demolition teams...
...What do you think about hijab [veil, or headscarf], in relation to Islam and modernity? -Nese Yilmaz in Madison, Wis. For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. Unfortunately, too many people in the Western world mistakenly perceive it as an expression of powerlessness and oppression. And increasingly it is being turned into a political tool. Modernity is not about dress codes. Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive. In Jordan, a woman cannot be forced to wear a veil against her will...
...talk in fashion now is the Chi nese market, and here, too, Dolce & Gabbana is doing things its way?without a local partner and with vast shops in the tourist destination of Hangzhou as well as in Beijing and Shanghai...
MUSIC | Orpheus and Dance NESE...
Since Suharto's fall, however, the movement has deepened its roots across the predominantly ethnic Aceh-nese province of 4.2 million. In many areas the central government's civil administration has all but ceased to function. "The Indonesian government is hardly working in the villages anymore," says Warman, an Acehnese civil servant in Lhokseumawe, who makes no secret of his GAM sympathies. Sitting in a coffee shop with a group of friends, he glances swiftly around before adding: "Here in town, we're still drawing salaries but we hardly go to work anymore. GAM is now far more active...