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Taring Padi's prime mission is to campaign through art for wage hikes for workers, land rights for indigenous peoples and fairer deals for farmers. Since its establishment after the revolution that swept President Suharto from power in 1998, Taring Padi (the name means "Fangs of the Rice Plant") has...
Iqbal never lived to see his ideas put into practice. He died nine years before Pakistan became independent on Aug. 14, 1947. Ever since, Pakistan has staggered between bouts of inept civilian government punctuated by military coups. In 1971, East Pakistan seceded in a brutal civil war that saw hundreds...
"This isn't a religious revolution," says retired Brigadier Shaukat Qadir, who, like many other analysts, says most Pakistanis don't really understand what Shari'a is. "It is a good-sounding word because it comes from the Prophet. It's a safe word. But what people want really is...
With Raúl in charge, there's reason for some cautious hope. Compared with the flamboyantly inflexible Fidel, the beardless and bespectacled Raúl is an earthier, more pragmatic figure, who has nudged his country's ossified economy toward capitalism and encouraged some discussion about liberalizing its repressive politics. That's quite...
“No Baggage†is a good euphemism for lack of concrete data on which to pass judgement. Because Obama is a relative unknown, he can represent all forms of hope and change to all people. As a poster commented on Obama’s YouTube response...