Worldview Magazine Online Summer Issue 1999
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Yemen

WOMEN OF COLOR

An artist's obsession breaks Yemeni tradition
by Tijan M. Sallah

The artist, as soft-spoken as he is shy, sat in the studio of his house in the newer part of Sana'a, bathed in Yemen's brilliant sunlight, and surrounded by his waiting works in progress. He has, what I call, the look: an unmistakable Somali forehead, copper skin-tone, and hybridized Afro-Yemeni features. His black hair is stacked high like an Einstein-Afro, and slightly graying.

Fuad Al-Futaih is one of the Arab world's most successful modern artists. His works challenge contemporary Yemeni thought and inspire...

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  BOOK REVIEWS

SKIPPING WITHOUT ROPES
by Jack Mapanje
Poems of prisoner and exile Jack Mapanje, and reviews of other books from around the world

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  OTHER STORIES

INDIA
Software genius is brewing among India's silicon wallas
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NORTH KOREA
President Kim Jong-il institutionalizes forced labor, summary execution & medical torture
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UKRAINE
A life-long dissident loses all hope
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ARGENTINA
A short story by Julio Cortázar about how bad dreams end
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ERITREA
A teacher searches for his students on the Tserona battlefield
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MALI
Sailing a culture boat to Timbuktu
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