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global villageIn a fractured, disconnected world, a humane voice of engagement. In a fortnightly reflection, KA Dilday writes of encounters and explorations in the Arab and Muslim worlds, Latin America and Africa.
The media exposure of homosexual activity in the Muslim world is filled with paradox
A Mississippi-New York journey, or how
intelligence is more than skin-deep
Post-colonials in power reinforce Europe's national-identity narratives
What does enduring powerlessness do to a country's citizens?
The charismatic reformist Islamism of Nadia Yassine seeks a new path for Morocco's poor
Can the radius of empathy be extended to include "others" in pursuit of a more inclusive "we"?
An inflow of sub-Saharan Africans is forcing Moroccans to look behind as well as over to Europe
A Malian woman's story of genital mutilation lies at modern Europe's nerve-ends, says KA Dilday
The election of Nicolas Sarkozy is a sign of France’s divisions, its fears, its conservatism, and yet its hunger for change. KA Dilday measures a complex moment. Read the rest of this post...
How do western societies accept outsiders into their midst? KA Dilday reflects on one dimension of the Virginia Tech massacre. Read the rest of this post...
A self-education in positive masculinity is at the core of efforts to contain the spread of HIV/Aids, writes Patricia Daniel. Read the rest of this post...
French and other European intellectuals are mobilizing for intervention in Darfur. Who are they really writing about, asks KA Dilday Read the rest of this post...
The pressure on universities to manage and monitor their charges in the wider social interest is in tension with their role as incubators of civic virtue, says KA Dilday. Read the rest of this post...
European Union pacts with poor nations push the dispossessed further to the periphery. There is a more humane route to development, trade-policy specialist Lebohang Pheko tells Patricia Daniel. Read the rest of this post...
The Somali-Dutch dissident’s critique of Islam resonates with KA
Dilday’s experience of fundamentalist Christianity in the American
south. But their distance lies also in the journey beyond.
The systemic, worldwide degradation of girl children makes the Commission on the Status of Women meeting at the United Nations a vital event, says Patricia Daniel. Read the rest of this post...
The scale of Iraqis' displacement matches the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948. In addressing it, Sweden shames the American architects of war, says KA Dilday. Read the rest of this post...
Behind the mild racism of a misplaced compliment is a subtler, deeper prejudice that confronts every black "outsider" in the west, says KA Dilday. Read the rest of this post...
The French football captain Zinedine Zidane's act of retaliation in the world-cup final was also an immigrant's declaration of independence from the country that reveres him, says KA Dilday. Read the rest of this post...
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