THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

The Mahsuds, because they always hunt in groups, are known as the wolves of Waziristan.  A Wazir hunts alone.  He is known as ‘the leopard’ to other men.  Despite their differences, the two tribes share more than merely their common heritage of poverty and misery.  Nature has bred in both an unusual abundance of anger, enormous resilience, and a total refusal to accept their fate.  If nature provides them food for only ten days in a year, they believe in their right to demand the rest of their sustenance from their fellow men who live oily, fat and comfortable lives in the plains.  To both tribes, survival is the ultimate virtue.

Ahmad/Falcon