The long read
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“His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war.”
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— Kamel Ait Daoud (born 18 May 1985) is an Algerian rower. He competed in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He represented Algeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the…
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— Kamel Daoud (Arabic: كمال داود; born June 17, 1970) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He is best known for his 2013 novel Meursault, contre-enquête (The Meursault Investigation) and his 2024 novel…
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— The Meursault Investigation (French: Meursault, contre-enquête) is the first novel by the Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud. It is a retelling of Albert Camus' 1942 novel The Stranger. First …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meursault_Investigation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meursault_Investigation
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“A wave of bestselling authors claim that global affairs are still ultimately governed by the immutable facts of geography – mountains, oceans, rivers, resources.”
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“Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, and there were hopes of a new beginning.”
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— Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. When Idris was in Turkey for medi…
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— Muammar Gaddafi, the former leader of Libya, was killed by the National Transitional Council (NTC) on 20 October 2011 after the Battle of Sirte. Gaddafi was captured by NTC forces and summarily execut…
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— Saif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (25 June 1972 – 3 February 2026) was a Libyan political figure. He was the second son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his second wife Safia Farkash. He w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi
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“A former CIA asset runs the country [Libya], and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign intervention.”
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“In a few isolated communities in central Nigeria, some babies are believed to be bad omens.”
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“Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state.”
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“In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos.”
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— The deposed president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was tried by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.
The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the I…
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— Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq, on 13 December 2003. The military operation to capture him was codenamed Operati…
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— The Tulfah family was the family of Saddam Hussein of Ba'athist Iraq who ruled from 1968 to 2003 and established a single party authoritarian government under the control of the Ba'ath Party until the…
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“Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits.”
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“Hu Xijin is China’s most famous propagandist. At the Global Times, he helped establish a chest-thumping new tone for China on the world stage.”
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