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Mary Anne Weaver

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5 picks · 1988–1995

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The Novelist and the Sheikh
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about the growing tensions between the Islamic fundamentalists and Hosni Mubarak's government, and how Nobel Laureate Naguib …

BHUTTO'S FATEFUL MOMENT
profiles ·

PROFILE of Benazir Bhutto, woman Pakistani politician. Tells about her life, her arranged marriage, and her political difficulties. Describes the Pakistani…

THE TRAIL OF THE SHEIKH
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, and the Islamic fundamentalist movement in Egypt. Tells how the World Trade Center bombing was carried …

BALOCHISTAN
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about Balochistan. It is a province in southwest Pakistan, & is a brooding and melancholy place. Its martial people fought the British …

THE GODS AND THE STARS
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Sri Lanka, an island nation off the southern tip of India. The country is divided into two hostile camps-those of the Sinhalese …