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Goodbye, My Love by Yumna Kassab review – biting reflections on the dissolution of a marriage

This novel told in vignettes and poetic fragments follows a woman who discovers that choice does not always equate to agency

The Guardian - AU

Best Australian books out in May: Robert Forster’s crime caper, a ‘superb’ new novel and Periodic Bitch

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU

Street Dog’s Emotional Bond With Kerala Woman Moves Locals After Her Passing

In today’s fast-moving world, it is often small and unexpected moments that leave the deepest impact. A quiet incident from Kerala is now drawing widespread attention—not because of any major event, but due to a touching bond between a woman and a street dog that has left the local community…

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Malaria vaccines could help stop 600,000 deaths a year – but not if aid dries up

IN FOCUS: For World Malaria Day, Nick Ferris travels to Tanzania to meet clinicians and villagers involved in pioneering vaccine trials targeting a disease that still kills 600,000 people each year – and also meets scientists deeply worried about the impact of shrinking aid on these life-saving programmes

The Independent UK

‘The children are not safe here’: the Nigerian couple fighting infanticide

The long read: In a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens. Olusola and Chinwe Stevens run a thriving home for babies at risk. But what happens when the families want them back?

The Guardian - UK

How the climate crisis is changing an ancient way of life in Ethiopia

ON THE GROUND: Families have been raising livestock in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia for centuries, but Nick Ferris finds that these traditions are changing thanks to the impact of the climate crisis

The Independent UK

'I Know It's Immoral': Child Workers Still Common In Pakistan

From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan's megacity of Karachi.

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Rolando Villazón directs opera at the world's top houses while still singing

Tenor Rolando Villazón has made his Metropolitan Opera directing debut with Bellini's “La Sonnambula.”

The Independent UK

David Hirst obituary

The Guardian’s Middle East correspondent for four decades whose articles were key to understanding the region’s turmoil

The Guardian - UK

‘No more food’: In northern Nigeria, US funding cuts bite for aid groups

Organisations like the World Food Programme are scaling back aid or completely halting operations.

Al Jazeera

The 10 Best Fantasy Novels Of The 2020’s (So Far)

These fantasy authors are the it-girls of the modern era, regardless of gender.

The Mary Sue

You be the judge: should my colleague stop bringing cakes into the office?

Amina says the constant influx of baked goods is too much. Ruby says she’s just trying to bring joy to the workplace. You decide who should bake off

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women

Girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse in so-called ‘care homes’ after arguing with their fathers or husbands

The Guardian - UK

‘Little guest’: How a rescued baby brought two Gaza families together

Tareq found his wife dead after Israel bombed their shelter in December 2023. But their baby had disappeared.

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Marie Claire

10 extraordinary mothers around the world

We celebrate the life-changing work of women who are changing the world for the better

Radio France Internationale

Thousands flee eastern DRC as M23 rebels encircle provincial capital Goma

Thousands of people have fled their homes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as clashes between M23 rebels and government forces intensify. The Rwanda-backed armed group has captured a string of towns over the last few days, encircling the provincial capital Goma. Several Western countries have called…

Evening Standard

Thank you London! Our Winter Appeal races past £3 million — and gets Sadiq’s support

Mayor calls on Londoners to ‘dig deep’ as This Day Foundation gives an extra £755,000

The Guardian - UK

Rightwing settlers in Israel welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline appointments

Palestinian groups shocked by US president-elect’s favouring of outspoken supporters of far-right activists in the region

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Wife Walks Out On Husband After The Nanny Exposes His True Colors, He Pleads For Another Chance

Woman called a “bad mom” by ex-husband for refusing to take him back and saying that her nanny does more for the family than he ever did. The post Wife Walks Out On Husband After The Nanny Exposes His True Colors, He Pleads For Another Chance first appeared on Bored…

International Business Times

'Monsoon Brides': Extreme Weather Fuels Pakistan Child Marriages

As monsoon rains were about to break over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family survive the threat of floods.

France 24

‘We’re told we’re not really French’: Paris suburbs brace for far-right surge in snap election

The ethnically diverse northeastern suburbs of Paris are traditionally a bastion of the political left – and of voter abstention. With France’s legislative elections just days away, activists are battling widespread apathy and resignation as they seek to get out the vote and bar Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally…

The Conversation

We are Lady Parts: how the show continues the legacy of Muslim punk genre taqwacore

I recently binged the first season We Are Lady Parts, a Channel 4 comedy about an all-female Muslim punk band which is back for its second season. The American punk (and Muslim), Michael Muhammad Knight, could not have imagined what he was calling into existence when he came up with…

The Guardian - UK

We Are Lady Parts series two review – brilliant punk TV that’ll leave you in tears

It’s brimming with confidence, bursting with enthusiasm and totally anarchic. What other show could go from quoting Marxist Pakistani poets to covering nu-metallers Hoobastank?

The Guardian - UK

‘I dreamed of being a brown Bob Dylan’: We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor on fear, fun and Malala

Her wildly successful sitcom about a Muslim punk band is back, better than before – and features the Nobel laureate in a Stetson. This time round, the writer-director is more confident than ever

Tom’s Guide

The best show you haven't seen is finally coming back — here's when

Here's what you need to know about the second season of the critically acclaimed series "We Are Lady Parts" on Peacock

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