Biological Warfare: Parasitic Wasp Uses A Virus To Control Its Host – Discover Magazine (blog)
Discover Magazine (blog)Biological Warfare: Parasitic Wasp Uses A Virus To Control Its HostDiscover Magazine (blog)Some species make the host stay calm while they're led to their doom, while others turn their hosts into bodyguards, which will viciously defend the pupating wasp or wasps that literally just ate their way out of the animal's body. One such bodyguard …and more »
Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards | Official Trailer
Documentary, 2004
A film by Rania Ajami
A Cipher Production
International Sales: First Hand Films
This documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernization in a nomadic society, militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship. What sort of life do these women lead, what is their political position, and how has it evolved?
The female guards in Libya are unique as modern Islamic women that challenge Western stereotypes of the repressed Arab female. Using original and archival footage, and being the first to be allowed access to sites and persons in Libya, this two-year effort goes beyond existing representations of the Muslim woman by elucidating and criticizing a complicated ideal of a modern day Amazon warrior.
Montreal World Film Festival, Avignon/New York, Strasbourg, Mid-East Film Festival, Raindance – London, Fort Lauderdale Int'l Film Festival Student Comp. (Best Doc)
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Http://www.raniaajami.com/
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Stratton and Sawhney: Is Narendra Modi right for India? – Daily Northwestern
Stratton and Sawhney: Is Narendra Modi right for India?Daily NorthwesternHe promises to bring economic and legislative reform and has launched large-scale campaigns to promote female education. However, many people in India are wary of his political party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a group known for its Hindu nationalism.and more »
On the Charts: Taylor Swift Joins Whitney Houston in Elite Number One Club (Rolling Stone)
Taylor Swift made chart history on the Billboard 200 as her _1989_ grabbed Number One for a 10th non-consecutive week, putting the "Blank Space" singer in an elite company of artists who have placed multiple albums at Number One for over 10 weeks. Swift previously achieved double-digits at the top spot…
Newly-released flight logs reveal for the first time the many trips Bill Clinton and Harvard law professor Alan …
Virginia Roberts is currently suing Epstein for allegedly recruiting her to work as an underage sex slave. She says she was forced to have sex with law professor Alan Dershowitz (pictured).