Sunni
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How to Think Like a Woman
PHILOSOPHY: Feminist pioneers, academia’s hypocrisies, and the enduring legacy of prejudice in Western philosophy.
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It is not possible to wipe out Hamas
HAMAS: Leila Seurat provides a good basis for understanding what went wrong on 7 October, when Hamas made a drastic change of course. The purpose of it all was to put the Palestinian cause back on the global agenda, and it has largely succeeded.
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To be a stranger in one’s own town
IRAQ: The Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written an excellent book that dispels the typical view of a sectarian and divided society as the main cause of Iraq's long and continuing tragedy.
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Waiting and seeing
IFFR: Two shorts from the 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam highlight experience from Central America to Pakistan, and beyond.
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Understanding Hizbollah
Faith and Resistance argues that religion and rational thought are compatible.