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By Omar Shariff, Deputy Editor, Weekend Review
Articles from the author
A wave for change
Iranian voters' pulse indicates unhappiness over Ahmadinejad's four-year stint
6m read
Seized by skulls and crossbones
Seized by skulls and crossbones
5m read
Rooted in love and longing
Rooted in love and longing
3m read
Stone of contention
Stone of contention
4m read
Denied by their land
Denied by their land
3m read
Hong Kong's 'special building'
Chungking Mansions is a place where the world's poor try their hand at international trade
5m read
The ‘Big Man’ of a tiny country
Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh is known for all the wrong reasons — from trying to be a monarch, killing dissidents and claiming to have found a cure for Aids
5m read
Using history as a peg to engage readers
Novelist Ken Follet on the challenges the Century Trilogy posed, and the planning it took to weave the events of the 20th century around a generational plot
7m read
Facets of an identity
Cai Guo-Qiang finds the artistic use of gunpowder liberating and terms the exploration of his Arab connection a spiritual homecoming
5m read
Hidden treasures unearthed
At an exhibition in Doha, Qatari artists display their works alongside collections that recreate the Arab world’s old days
3m read
India’s growing gun culture a real concern
There are 40m firearms in the hands of Indian civilians, but only 6.3m are registered
7m read
International Book Fair captures audience
The Sharjah International Book Fair captures a global audience while retaining Arab culture at its heart
3m read
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