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Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"
An irrepressible desire for freedom
Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith
"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"
Islam in Germany
Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"
Middle East
West Bank: Palestinians harvest olives under rabbi protection
Women in Malaysia
SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper
Turkey
Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith
"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"
Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"
An irrepressible desire for freedom
Islam in Germany
Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"
The history of jazz in Iran
Creating a confluence
Etgar Keret's ''Suddenly, A Knock on the Door''
Following the Mysteries of Life into Hidden Corners
Prostitution in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Open-minded, loving... and desperate

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Libyan presidential hopefuls petition against interim PM Dbeibah's candidacy
After Channel boat disaster, Iraqi families fear worst
'Cold will kill us' – Yemen's fleeing families face desert winter
Nuclear talks resume in Vienna as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

A modest initiative achieves great things: every weekday, Reden Roro Hendarti loads her tricycle with reading material and rides to the village of Muntang to accept rubbish from the children living there, which she exchanges for her books. A simple idea that is making a big difference, raising awareness about the environment among children in the region. Indonesia still has a huge problem with plastic waste, especially in remote rural regions

Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Plastic rubbish for books

On the Indonesian island of Java, one librarian has started a mobile library, lending books to children in exchange for plastic rubbish. The idea is that they will learn to take pride in their environment and read more at the same time. By Julie Huehnken

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Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"

An irrepressible desire for freedom

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith

"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"

Islam in Germany

Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"

Middle East

West Bank: Palestinians harvest olives under rabbi protection

Women in Malaysia

SYA, Def Jam's taboo-breaking female Malaysian rapper

Turkey

Joint Kurdish plan? Turkish opposition hope for election boost

Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith

"Reading Arabic is a bit like playing chess"

Najat El Hachmi’s "La filla estrangera"

An irrepressible desire for freedom

Islam in Germany

Imam Idriz – "We need to allow controversial discussion"

The history of jazz in Iran

Creating a confluence

Etgar Keret's ''Suddenly, A Knock on the Door''

Following the Mysteries of Life into Hidden Corners

Prostitution in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Open-minded, loving... and desperate

In brief

Libyan presidential hopefuls petition against interim PM Dbeibah's candidacy

After Channel boat disaster, Iraqi families fear worst

'Cold will kill us' – Yemen's fleeing families face desert winter

Nuclear talks resume in Vienna as West asks whether Iran is serious or stalling

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Indonesia's 'Trash Library': Plastic rubbish for books