Word: tribalized
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...Victim Fights Back Your report on "Asia's Heroes" [Oct. 11] included a feature on Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman who successfully fought the injustice of local tribal law. After Mai was gang-raped on the orders of a self-appointed village council (to preserve the tribal honor of a local clan), she courageously pursued her case in the courts despite the threat of further violence. Mai won, and six men involved in her rape were punished; two of them were sentenced to death. That is a tremendous example for women across the world who are suffering from similar atrocities...
...check to a candidate for the first time ever or offer to drive an elderly neighbor to the polls. Given the questions on the table--war and peace, freedom and safety--it ought to be a relief to see so many Americans come out of their little gated tribal compounds and engage in the fateful debate, hand to hand, door to door...
...slated to become the Commissioner for Trade. Yet on this issue at least, Evans and Mandelson found themselves on the same side. At a dinner of senior Socialist group politicians on Tuesday evening, Mandelson called the group's intention to vote down the Commission "destructive, infantile, emotional and tribal," according to one attendee...
Moreover, the various tribes in the Darfur region have been fighting each other for over two decades without regards to ethnic affiliations. Arab tribes fight other Arab tribes; African tribes commit atrocities against other African tribes. The current violence in Darfur arises as much from tribal divides as ethnic ones...
Moreover, the various tribes in the Darfur region have been fighting each other for over two decades without regards to ethnic affiliations. Arab tribes fight other Arab tribes; African tribes commit atrocities against other African tribes. The current violence in Darfur arises as much from tribal divides as ethnic ones...