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...attack which killed 270 people - al-Megrahi returned to a hero's welcome in Tripoli last August with Saif by his side. The move cemented Saif's standing among millions of ordinary Libyans. "After that, Saif could no longer be accused of being infected with Western values," says Noman Benotman, a former leader in the militant Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, who fought alongside al-Qaeda in Afghanistan until 2000. Benotman is a lot less famous than al-Megrahi, but his collaboration with Saif may actually be the clearest sign that Gaddafi Junior is serious about reform. Saif brought...
...building. Just as soon as it is revealed that the murderer is Max’s Kashmiri chauffeur, the enigmatic title character, the narrative dives into a distant past inexorably linked to the present.The second segment, entitled “Boonyi,” details the budding romance between Noman Sher Noman, also known as Shalimar, and Boonyi Kaur, his future wife and India’s future mother. Rushdie’s lush descriptions of the fertile valleys and formidable mountains of Kashmir lure the reader into the gorgeous terrain and the jovial lifestyle of the villagers of Pachigam...
...Pakistan's Progress While Afghanistan and Vietnam were covered in your special issue "The Making of Modern Asia" [Aug. 15-22], Pakistan was conspicuously absent. Surely Pakistan is of as much interest as some of the other countries discussed. Noman Sattar Islamabad...
...defined. Deprived of Radcliffe's sisterly love, we are likewise deprived of its fraternity, for, while it cannot be considered a "sister" institution, it can neither be considered a "brother" institution, catering exclusively as it does, only to Harvard females. Radcliffe finds itself, therefore, in the ambiguous and uncomfortable noman's (or no-woman's) land of transgendered confusion...
Jimmy's counterpart Cliff is a stoic, but Marmor takes this impertubability too far. Cliff may be a "noman's land" between Jimmy and Alison, but he is also clever, and Marmor sometimes allows humorous lines to go by without giving them the wit they deserve...