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17 days ago

Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe for garlic red peppers with a creamy white bean dip, AKA papula

Slivers of garlicky red pepper on a creamy Balkan white bean dip known as papula

This week, I’ve been putting the finishing touches on an interview I recorded with legendary Australian cheesemaker Ric…

25 days ago

26 days ago

One Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette Winterson review – freewheeling reflections on life, art and AI

One Thousand and One Nights is the framing device for the author’s pithy and thought provoking takes on everything from eugenics to trouser suits

In the framing device that opens the Middle Eastern fo…

41 days ago

‘They disappeared when the wall came down’: German author Jenny Erpenbeck on the objects that contain vast histories

From the drip catchers of coffee pots to the typewriter she used for her first works, the International Booker prize-winning writer reflects on the hidden significance of everyday items

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54 days ago

Donald Trump is compared to Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in huge billboards across Israel after historic Gaza peace deal ⊕⊕

Billboards and posters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel today declared: 'Cyrus the Great is alive!'. The ruler, who founded the Persian Empire in the sixth century BC, is celebrated by …

58 days ago

Širom: In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

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The Slovenian trio conjure strange beauty from a vast arsenal of global instruments in an album that hums, drones and dances with intense power

Some bands use a variety of traditi…

81 days ago

86 days ago

Ed Sheeran: Play review – subcontinental sounds and shards of darkness – but still unmistakably him

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Despite embracing Indian and Persian sounds, Sheeran’s eighth album goes back to basics after two records of muted melancholy – albeit with some surprising undercurrents

As h…

3 months ago

Out of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to my soul and offers a new way of being | Shadi Khan Saif

I’ve found metaphors that mirror my own journey, phrases that feel like home, and poetry that speaks directly to the soul

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