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What Benjamin Bratt looks for in a woman
Amy Reiter
Julia's ex discusses earthiness, weightiness and colorblindness; Julia discusses bathroom autographs. Plus: Jane Fonda on acting doggie-style.
The Devil’s playthings
Suzy Hansen
An author who traveled across the U.S. observing exorcisms talks about the strange things he's seen and the likelihood of demonic possession.
Real Life Rock Top 10
Greil Marcus
The anthrax vaccine scandal
Laura Rozen
Why did the Pentagon allow BioPort Corp. to remain the sole U.S. supplier of a crucial weapon against bioterror, despite years of failure to deliver the vaccine?
The black sheep
Gavin McNett
A critic of Islam and the Third World, cranky, controversial and politically incorrect V.S. Naipaul is the most daring choice for the Nobel Prize in literature in years.
“Jihad jive” in Jakarta — or the real thing?
Joseph Kirschke
As Islamic militants protest the American attacks, Indonesia's new president must decide how hard to crack down on the latest threat to her complex, fragile, far-flung nation.
Brits love wars — but …
Andrew Brown
Support remains high for the war in a nation with a deep militarist strain. But attitudes toward Israel, Muslims and "terrorism" show some key differences with America.
Bin Laden’s creepy charisma
Joan Walsh
The Bush team doesn't want you to see his video. Instead of censoring him, why isn't the administration trying to combat his appeal around the world?
Love and sex
Karen Croft
Photographer Andrea Blanch asks Italian men to sit still, then asks them the hard questions.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to recent articles on war obsession, Middle Eastern cinema and the demise of America's invincibility.
Bin Laden’s diary
Tom Mcnichol
The terror leader reveals his innermost thoughts on his struggle, his mother, and his favorite infidel-produced TV show.
Islam: Religion of the sword?
Richard D. Connerney
Unlike Christianity or Judaism, Islam's religious history is inseparable from its conquests -- which is why the concept of holy war lives on today.
Terror and cowardice
Laura Miller
An expert on courage explains why suicide hijackers are not heroic and why those who try too hard to understand them are craven.
At home with the Taliban
Asra Q. Nomani
While U.S. bombs dropped on his country, a Taliban official and his two wives welcomed me into their living room and talked of marriage, music and his memories of dining in the World Trade Center's starry restaurant.
Havana online
David Lipschultz
In Cuba, black market Internet access makes it easier for prostitutes to get connected than doctors.
Digging out from the psychic rubble
Cary Tennis
Turning to homeland security -- with the accent on home.
Movies of the Middle East
Janelle Brown
Middle Eastern cinema provides a rich and complex look at a region that has suddenly moved to center stage.
Saying goodbye
Charles Taylor
A stripper makes a farewell tour of America and says, "Stripping takes out of me things that I didn't even realize I had."
“Baran”
Stephanie Zacharek
Iranian boy meets Afghan girl in a Middle Eastern film that might make it out of the art house.
Plague fears
Suzy Hansen
A bioterrorism expert talks about the wicked ways of anthrax and the even deadlier potential scourge of smallpox.
Watching the explosions from “Afghan Town”
David Talbot
Afghan-American intellectuals and journalists hope the U.S. is a rescuer, not a destroyer.
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