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A response from the author of an article regarding Edward N. Luttwak, military strategist, in the previous issue is presented.

Discusses the work of director Gillo Pontecorvo and the nature of political films. Pontecorvo's `The Battle of Algiers' showing a marginalized people using violence against the violence of the State; The making of `Burn!' and the concessions the director had to make to the studio, United Artists; Activism giving way to introspection and the impact that has on political film; The director's background and early life.

Opinion. Examines the history of the Kurds. The role of British politician Mark Sykes in the dismemberment of the Turkish empire; How the Kurdish state became a part of Iraq under the Treaty of Lausanne; The Kurds as the world's largest ethnic and linguistic community without a state of their own; History of disputes among the Kurds; Mulla Moustapha Barzani; How the West has mishandled the Kurdish problems, including the United States' handling of Saddam Hussein.

A letter to the editor is presented in which the author requests information about deserters from World War II.

Opinion. Chronicles the life and work of Edward Said, a writer and professor from the Columbia University in New York. Visit to Beirut to spend his sabbatical year; Introduction to his book `The Politics of Dispossession: The Struggle for Palestinian Self-Determination, 1969-1994'; Family background.