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More than 110 Nobel laureates call on Iran to release gravely ill activist Narges Mohammadi
ByDeepa Parent May 12, 2026

As human rights advocate is treated in Tehran hospital after transfer from Zanjan prison, prize winners demand her freedomMore than 110 Nobel laureates have called for the immediate and unconditional release of Narges Mohammadi, the imprisoned Iranian …

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JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
BySian Cain May 7, 2026

Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’Nobel laureate JM Coetzee has declined to attend an upcoming literature festival in Israel, writing a excoriating…

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Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate
ByCatriona Menzies-Pike September 11, 2025

A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary IranGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDoes a novel need a factchecker? Not for the kind…

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Desolation by Hossein Asgari review – an accomplished exploration of love, truth and the cruelty of fate
ByCatriona Menzies-Pike September 11, 2025

A storyteller who lies in service of truth meets a writer who doesn’t believe in true stories in this sophomore work set in Adelaide and post-revolutionary IranGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailDoes a novel need a factchecker? Not for the kind…

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