She catches the details of play in the game rooms of Coney Island and petty crimes in its surroundings, the local jobs and confining families, the closed horizons and vague aspirations, the violence seething within youthful energy, the troubles and griefs that pull people together in a neighborhood that's filled with modern possibilities and narrowed with unquestioned ways of life.
"I wanted to write a book that had the ambition to legitimize Pakistan as a center of intellectual thought and creative expression". That ambition has been realized in her new volume, Muslim Becoming, Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan, about religious aspiration and violence in Pakistan.
In Ayatollah Hakim's absence, there is no obvious figure to bridge the space between the elderly, aloof clerics and the young firebrands, to channel Shiite aspirations away from violence.
"There is an urgent need for steps to meet the legitimate demands of the Yemeni people," said Hague, "and we call on President Saleh to engage with the opposition and with the protesters in a way that meets these aspirations and avoids violence".
By Mohammed Al-Asaadi SANA'A, Yemen, 30 March 2011 – Ahmed Al-Sayyani, 17, is holding on to his aspirations, despite the violence in his country.
A young man holds on to his dream amid violence in Yemen SANA'A, Yemen, 30 March 2011 – Ahmed Al-Sayyani, 17, is holding on to his aspirations, despite the violence in his country.
Aspirations for tackling gender violence or inequality could be accompanied by floor targets for the position of women and girls in humanitarian emergencies.
In my view, the book's fundamental flaw is the way in which flows of refugees, and the needs and aspirations of people fleeing violence, conflict and persecution, are understood.
In her last play at the Royal Court, truth and reconciliation, debbie tucker green – a playwright of lower-case initials and high aspirations – confronted victims of violence with their persecutors.
Chi-Raq also happens to be the name of the character portrayed by Nick Cannon, into whose coiled, muscular frame the tragedy, violence, and aspirations of the city are sublimated.
