Word: tribalism
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...Taliban are stepping up not just their ambushes but their bullying. Provincial councilor Al-Haji Molavi Hamdullah Abdali told Time that Taliban threats against local people are depriving the Coalition of vital intelligence. After Pearce's death, he said, the council met with tribal elders: "We told them, 'Why are our enemies attacking from your area and why are you not stopping them?' They told us, 'It is out of our power.' They are too scared to contact government people or call for aid," Abdali said, "because the Taliban will know and they will face punishment from the Taliban...
...underscored late last month, with news of concerns for the safety of an Afghan child actor in the upcoming movie of the best-selling novel The Kite Runner. The family of Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, whose character is raped, fear the film will expose them to reprisals. In Afghan tribal society, sexual violation - even its portrayal in a fictional movie - can lead to dishonor, ostracism, or worse. Mahmidzada's father told the BBC that members of his tribe "may cut my throat, they may kill me, they may torture me." The filmmakers, he says, didn't mention the rape scene would...
...about her childhood sexual abuse, she became a goddess in a society convinced that it's good to talk. While thousands of courageous Muslims regularly speak out on taboo subjects, the reception is often not so warm. Five years ago, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani gang-rape victim, defied tribal custom by taking her rapists to court. In the West, she won plaudits and prizes, but in Pakistan the verdict was subsequently overturned and she was widely denounced as having shamed her country abroad. Of course it was bad, what those men did to her, I remember a Punjabi school headmistress...
...waged wars and insurgencies against the central government for decades. Politicians, the generals asserted, represented feuding ethnic interests. In Burma's last election - back in 1990 - as many as 20 ethnically based political parties contested the polls. Who better, the military argued, to keep peace among all these fractious tribal groups...
Corey M. Rennell ’07-’08 has been filmed stick fighting in South Africa, canoe racing in Vanuatu, and tribal wrestling in Brazil. Now, one hurdle remains: accepting the fact that his experiences will be on display for TV viewers as the reality show “Last One Standing” makes its U.S. debut this evening. The 12-part series, produced by the BBC, features six American and British athletes who compete with each other in tribal games while immersing themselves in indigenous culture. The show will air on the Discovery Channel...