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37 days ago

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah audiobook review – coming-of-age saga in Tanzania

Three young people step boldly into their adult lives in this elegantly narrated novel from the Nobel laureate

The Nobel prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah is known for his portrayals of east Afri…

38 days ago

43 days ago

‘It would be a great loss’: London’s oldest Islamic bookshop at risk of closure

Loved by the likes of Yusuf Islam and Gai Eaton, Dar al-Taqwa is finding it tough to survive an era of online retail

London’s oldest independent Islamic bookshop is at risk of closing within a year ow…

56 days ago

Militia drone strike kills at least 30 people at displacement shelter in Sudan, says local group

RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam displacement centre in El Fasher, on grounds of a university

A militia drone strike has killed at least 30 people at a displacement shelter in the besieged city…

4 months ago

Corrupt airport security manager who helped couple 'smuggle' £2m worth of cocaine into the UK from Colombia is jailed

Junaed Dar turned up at Heathrow Airport three hours before his shift to meet Michael Williams, 39, and Jessica Waldron, 38, to help them bring in the 22 kilos of drugs.

5 months ago

‘We won’t let them get away with this’: activists to sue Tanzania’s government over ‘sexual torture’

Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire vow to hold authorities accountable as repression intensifies before October elections

Two east African activists say they plan to sue Tanzania’s government for il…

7 months ago

8 months ago

At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from southern city of Rafah in one of war’s biggest mass displacements

An Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 peop…

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – love and betrayal from the Nobel laureate

This is a powerful story of debt and obligation set against the tourism boom in post-colonial Tanzania

A storyteller of understated brilliance, Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the 2021 Nobel prize in li…

Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnah review – a masterclass in quicksilver storytelling

The Nobel laureate’s wonderful new novel connects a trio of east African teens as they come of age, moving from small-scale dramas to wide-ranging social panoramas

The receipt of a big award inevitabl…

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