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Dani Olmo: ‘Winning the World Cup changes you, it changes your life’

One of Barcelona’s eight World Cup winners reflects on how Spain’s triumph is inspiring them in the Champions League

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9

Burned with cigarettes, nail driven into leg: Gaza toddler tortured by Israeli forces to pressure father’s confession

Israeli soldiers reportedly tortured a one-year-old child in central Gaza. The child, Karim, allegedly suffered burns and puncture wounds. This happened while his father, Osama Abu Nassar, was interrogated. The child was later returned to his family. His father remains in detention. The family seeks international intervention for his release.

The Times of India · Mar 27

A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello review – a profound exploration of the inner life

How are we to account for things that lie outside ordinary language? A woman’s emotions are precisely observed in a novel that brilliantly captures what it means to be human

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7

Blind date: ‘I hadn’t been on a date for 10 years – I needed to break the mould’

Liaqat, 51, an artist, meets Karim, 48, a musician

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2025

‘When they are at risk they text me’: Gaza academic in UK powerless to rescue family

Nearly three years after accepting a UK scholarship, Bassem Abudagga has watched Gaza’s horrors close in on his relatives, and British bureaucracy fail to help

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – love and betrayal from the Nobel laureate

This is a powerful story of debt and obligation set against the tourism boom in post-colonial Tanzania

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – a masterclass in quicksilver storytelling

The Nobel laureate’s wonderful new novel connects a trio of east African teens as they come of age, moving from small-scale dramas to wide-ranging social panoramas

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review: tightly-plotted excellence

I’ve just finished a story about a man who has everything,” says Karim, the ostensible hero of Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah’s 11th novel, set in 1990s Tanzania. “How do you think the story will end?” he asks Badar, his mother’s servant boy, in a cruel taunt disguised as a…

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2025

Wolof Academy app bridges language gap with online courses

With the rise of language learning apps, the Wolof Academy is stepping up to meet the demand by offering online courses and virtual classes of Wolof, the language spoken by almost 80 percent of Senegal's population.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 2, 2025

Aga Khan, the leader of Ismaili Muslims, laid to rest in Egypt during private burial ceremony

The Aga Khan IV has been laid to rest in Egypt in a private ceremony

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2025