Topic: Syria
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Brides: a sensitive coming-of-age film about girlhood and its radical edge
Nadia Fall’s first feature is more interested in the inner lives of its protagonists, two Muslim girls who journey to Syria, as it is in the manipulative geopolitics surrounding them
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Wes Anderson turns his talents to existential crises in the Middle East with The Phoenician Scheme
Underneath gorgeously composed absurdities lies a film reckoning with legacy, morality and what it means to be powerful in a world already bought and sold
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Not another Dubai chocolate story
Everyone knows about the pistachio-packed online sensation, but Arab chocolatiers have been working magic for centuries
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In pictures: Eid celebrations around the world
Millions of Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting
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Exiled Syrian TV chef Malakeh Jazmati makes first trip home since Assad fell
Deciding to return was easy. But with children at school in Germany, and Syria in ruins, nothing else is straightforward for the restaurateur
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Children go missing from ‘safe’ Kent asylum centres 160 times in three years
Children’s commissioner Rachel de Souza vows to raise findings with Kent county council, with almost all missing kids coming from Muslim-majority countries
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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?
