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Only the deaf know Hounslow. The west London borough sits uncomfortably beneath the flight paths of nearby Heathrow Airport, where many of the vicinity's largely immigrant Indian and Pakistani residents labor as porters, cleaners and security guards - dreaming of escape, a better life for their children and, for now, triple-glazed windows to block out the noise. Yet Hounslow is about to become famous for another, similarly noisy local feature: a violent, hip-hop-infused, South Asian youth culture that is the subject of perhaps the year's most loudly hyped first novel. The talk of last fall...
...local council in the Pakistani border state of Punjab ordered the gang rape of Mukhtar Mai in 2002 after her brother was seen walking with a girl from a rival tribe. After Mai spoke out, the government gave her $8,300 in compensation, which she used to found a school to educate young women in Pakistan. She has gained international acclaim largely due to columns penned by New York Times op-ed writer Nicholas D. Kristof ’81, whose readers have sent Mai over $130,000 through this past November.Kristof, a former Crimson editor, has written that...
...that 70% of global respondents agreed it was “good for the US to feel vulnerable after the attacks [of September 11],” 80% of Middle-Eastern respondents felt that “US policy caused September 11,” and a majority of Pakistani citizens expressed confidence that bin Laden would “do the right thing regarding world affairs...
...nominate Mukhtaran Bibi, the Pakistani woman also known as Mukhtar Mai, who was gang-raped as punishment for her brother's walking with a girl from a higher tribal group. She deserves to be honored for her courage and determination in fighting the system and for continuing to shed light on the problems of rape and illiteracy, despite the personal danger and costs...
...Islamabad says it already has some 80,000 soldiers patrolling the mountainous frontier, where Osama bin Laden is also believed to be hiding. To boost border security further, some Pakistani officials propose building a fence, complete with guard towers and land mines. But that's an impractical suggestion?the fence would have to traverse 2,200 km of rugged terrain, bisecting villages and homes. The better solution, says Rustam Shah Mohmand, Pakistan's former ambassador to Afghanistan, is "cooperation and coordination. We are dependent on each other. If this conflict continues, [we] will both suffer...