Topic: World
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Ruhi Loren Akhtar: ‘We always have to speak louder to be heard’
The founder of charity Refugee Biriyani & Bananas on the lack of diversity in the humanitarian field, and the challenges of working in Gaza
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The best films and TV of 2024
From Big Zuu Goes to Mecca to No Other Land, our critic picks the best things she’s watched this year
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Starmer’s Saudi trip showed PM trying to walk at least two fine lines
On a visit to meet controversial Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the prime minister hailed Assad’s fall in Syria — but what of the group that toppled him?
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Joy and fear of Berlin’s Syrians as they consider returning after fall of Assad
A million people fled civil war in Syria and built lives in Germany. As European governments encourage refugees to return, experts warn of the economic hole they may leave behind
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The best music of 2024
A year soundtracked by long-lost qawwali gems, innovative reinterpretations of traditional South Asian instrumentation and a thrilling journey through 1980s Uzbekistan
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IRA hunger strikers join British Army veteran in Ireland-wide fast for Palestine
Organisers see parallels between historical Irish struggle for independence and the siege of Gaza by a ‘towering oppressor’
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Kazim Ali: ‘I don’t stake a claim to being Muslim with a capital M, but it’s what I will always be’
The author and poet on his relationship with writing and religious identity
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Electronic producer Waleed on the universality of dance music
The Iraqi-Puerto Rican artist on his musical journey ahead of the release of his debut EP Magdalena
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A personal portrait of Umrah
Photographing my first pilgrimage to Mecca as a new mother allowed me to capture the beauty, chaos and peace of this sacred journey
