“My family in Alexandria received death threats because of my dancing performances. This is one of the reasons I got married to the composer Ahmed Fouad Hassan, as he could protect me…

On Press: The Liberal Values That Shaped the News.Matthew Pressman.Harvard University Press, 2018. 336pp. Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now.Alan Rusbridger.Farrar,…

Nadine Njeim was born in Baalbek District, Lebanon, in 1984 to a Lebanese Christian father and a Tunisian Muslim mother. Her multi-faith upbringing taught her tolerance and…

HG Wells, chatting up a pretty girl in a future of his own imagining, on the set ofThings to Come. …

For five months,Hong Konghas seen waves of massive protests and violence in the streets. And for five months, the local authorities, with the backing ofBeijing, have responded in increasingly…

The Iraqi community in Israel cares deeply for it heritage and many of its members organise Arabic concerts on a regular basis. When an Iraqi singing voice is heard in Tel Aviv, the Iraqi Jews living…

Venezuela’s refugee crisis is the largest in Latin American history. Worldwide, it is now second only to that of Syria. A staggering four million Venezuelans have fled their homeland, the majority…

Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism.Quinn Slobodian.Harvard University Press, 2018. 400pp. The historianQuinn Slobodianhas written a book that is likely to upset enthusiasts…

Carrie Symonds, who has been dating Johnson for over a year and is 25 years his junior, is a former Director of Communications for the Conservative Party, works in PR and is the daughter of Matthew…

‘I’ve gotta get a typewriter that’s sexier’ - George Orwell at the coal face A LETTER FROM AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE Late autumn in 1949. A letter…