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‘For the women who gave birth in the dark’: a portrait of motherhood in Gaza
ByAseel Mousa November 8, 2025

Diana Shams wrote a book because ‘no one explains how to carry your baby through fire, hunger and fear – and still sing to her at bedtime’She used to worry about screen time. She used to fret over sugar. She used to dwell on what cartoon character migh…

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The week around the world in 20 pictures
ByJim Powell November 7, 2025

Typhoon Kalmaegi, hunger in Gaza, displacement in Sudan, and Zohran Mamdani in New York: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading…

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‘At the mercy of nature’: How the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa
ByNesrine Malik November 5, 2025

The category 5 storm has wreaked havoc in the region, as those affected now reckon with damaged livelihoods and the cost of rebuilding• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landf…

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‘At the mercy of nature’: How the Caribbean is dealing with the unprecedented Hurricane Melissa
ByNesrine Malik November 5, 2025

The category 5 storm has wreaked havoc in the region, as those affected now reckon with damaged livelihoods and the cost of rebuilding• Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIt has been one week since Hurricane Melissa made landf…

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UN expert urged to investigate Lebanon over alleged torture of Egyptian-Turkish poet
ByWilliam Christou November 1, 2025

Abdulrahman al-Qaradawi has been imprisoned in the UAE for almost a year for criticising Emirati, Egyptian and Saudi governmentsThe UN special rapporteur on torture is being urged to investigate Lebanon’s role in the treatment of the Egyptian-Turkish p…

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Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies October 31, 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo …

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Egypt’s vast $1bn museum to open in Cairo after two-decade build
ByEromo Egbejule and agencies October 31, 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum next to pyramids of Giza billed as world’s largest archaeological facility for single civilisationA vast $1bn museum billed as the world’s largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilisation will open outside Cairo …

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke says he would ‘absolutely not’ play in Israel now
BySian Cain and agencies October 27, 2025

Singer says he will not perform in Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power, eight years after Radiohead defied criticism to perform in Tel AvivRadiohead frontman Thom Yorke has said he would not now perform in Israel, eight years after the ban…

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Palestine 36 director Annemarie Jacir: ‘We don’t want a state, we just want to live’
ByGeneva Abdul October 17, 2025

Fresh from a 20-minute ovation at Toronto, the film-maker’s historical drama reveals how Britain’s 1936 crackdown created the blueprint for the ongoing genocide in GazaIt is a black hole, the director and writer Annemarie Jacir tells me of the year 193…

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‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins
ByWilliam Dalrymple October 17, 2025

The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the presentAs a ceasefire brings a measure of peace to the Dresden-like hellscape that Gaza has be…

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