Nasir Aziz, Therese Caouette and Ethan Casey travel to IslandWood (www.islandwood.org) on Bainbridge Island near Seattle to interview Edith Mirante, human rights advocate and author of the travel books Burmese Looking Glass and Down the Rat Hole. The conversation ranges from the plight of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Burma in Bangladesh and as far afield as Karachi, to the political crisis in Bangladesh, to the role of Burma's huge army, which has ruled the country since 1962.

Also this week, PakCast launches a new Question of the Week for listeners to address by voice mail and email. This week: What is Iran's involvement in the war in Iraq, and what will happen if the situation there escalates to an open confrontation between Iran and the US?

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