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Sadik J. Al-Azm discusses Western dominance and the Muslim world; Alex de Waal explains the tragedy in Darfur; Ahmed S. Hashim on the Iraqi insurgency; a manifesto for democracy in Taiwan.
Scott Saul looks at Henry Dumas, the lost voice of the Black Arts Movement; poetry from Allen Grossman and others.
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WESTERN DOMINANCE, ISLAMIST TERROR, AND THE ARAB IMAGINATION
SADIK J. AL-AZM
ON UNDERSTANDING AND ENDING THE HORROR
ALEX DE WAAL
WHY THE INSURGENCY WON’T GO AWAY
AHMED S. HASHIM
AN ARGUMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN
THE EDITORS OF TAIWAN; TRANSLATED BY THEODORE HUTERS
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