Word: tribalization
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Justice Overturned In the remote desert villages of Pakistan beyond the reach of government courts, tribal law is often the only adjudicator of local disputes - and the use of rape to settle scores is common. In June 2002, 30-year-old Mukhtar Mai was publicly raped by four volunteers in the hamlet of Meerwala in central Pakistan on the orders of village elders. She had committed no crime: her 12-year-old brother had been accused of walking with a girl from the higher Mastoi caste, and Mai was chosen to bear the punishment for her family. Victims of such...
...opener, “Cygnus…Vismund Cygnus,” opens with acoustic strumming before the band flicks the switch to “high” and reaches a melodious, manic cacophony—racing guitars and almost tribal drums framed with all kinds of bells and whistles. In between the lyrically accompanied parts, the listener is treated to a variety of sounds: Rodriguez’s grating guitar squeals and jabs, sounds of cars speeding by, and electronic dance beats, to name a few. The novelty wears off quickly with this hodge-podge, a marked drop...
...commanders in Iraq, an even more pressing concern is the status of the 80,000-strong peshmerga. In insurgent hot spots like Mosul, U.S. commanders have praised Kurdish troops for their willingness to stand and fight. But the peshmerga's continued assaults on insurgents run the risk of exacerbating tribal rivalries and sparking an anti-Kurdish backlash by Iraq's Arabs. The U.S. hopes to defuse the potential for conflict by folding the peshmerga into a new, unified Iraqi army. But the Kurds have so far refused to place their soldiers under the command of Baghdad. "The peshmerga must remain...
...World), Democratic Republic of Congo painter Ch?ri Samba depicts a starving globe throwing up the American continents, some guns and a tank. Romuald Hazoum? from Benin stacks dozens of decorated plastic cans into a modern totem pole, while Cameroon-born Samuel Fosso's self-portraits depict him as a tribal chief, an elegant woman and a pirate. Elsewhere as part of "Africa 05," the British Museum and other venues will present the continent's history, identity and culture through artifacts, dance, literature, drama, fashion, cinema and lots more. Africa's year, indeed. tel: (44-20) 7960 5226; www.hayward.org.uk; www.africa05.co.uk
Romuald Hazoumé from Benin stacks dozens of decorated plastic cans into a modern totem pole, while Cameroon-born Samuel Fosso's self-portraits depict him as a tribal chief, an elegant woman and a pirate. Elsewhere as part of "Africa 05," the British Museum and other venues will present the continent's history, identity and culture through artifacts, dance, literature, drama, fashion, cinema and lots more. Africa's year, indeed. tel: (44-20) 7960 5226; www.hayward.org.uk; www.africa05.co.uk