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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Essays & Long Reads
My father, a Pakistani prisoner of war in India
“The wounds healed, but the scars remained”
The hands behind the beautiful game
Arts & Culture
Nasreen ki Haveli: Pakistani Textile Museum Fulfills a Dream
Sisters Behind HUR Jewelry Aim To Honor Pakistani Traditions
Translating the Qur’an for the deaf
Eid then and now: From goat markets to online qurbani
World Literacy Day: From Türkiye’s trash cans to treasure trove for book lovers
Sanskrit ‘language machine’ decoded for the first time in 2,500 years
Food
From Shimla to Chittagong: How a Fish Dish Helped Me Remember
How a Spanish Tortilla Got Me Over My Distaste for Eggs
A Quiet Path Through Recipes: A Conversation With Jeff Koehler
A Generous Bowl of Guacamole With Love From a Turkish Chef
Football
From Leather to Labs: The Science of Football Design
The hands behind the beautiful game
World Cup: Djed Spence, England’s first Muslim player, lifts hopes
Race, Class and Gender
Italy suspends free movement with Spain: Is Schengen in crisis after Ceuta?
Inside the UK’s ‘stressful’ cost of living crisis Burnham hopes to tackle
Thousands mourn Jason Arday in London, blaming ‘racist’ press for his death
‘Where do I get that from?’: UK asylum seekers face hefty repayment bill
Critics: UK’s Rwanda plan for asylum seekers makes no fiscal or moral sense
‘A very tragic situation’: Is Europe’s refugee crisis unmanageable?
Pig heads and racist rhetoric – UK’s Muslims encounter hostile climate
Racism in cricket: Former player Azeem Rafiq says ‘the game is broken’
‘Oriental’: Is it racist?
Racism against East Asians: ‘We need to talk about it and report it’
Domestic violence: ‘Women don’t have to have a bruise’ to be suffering
Celebrating women on the frontlines – the stories behind how COVID changed lives
Volunteer stories: ‘It made me feel special and like an adult’
Volunteer Stories: ‘I want to meet the people behind the headlines’
Volunteer Stories: ‘Any act of kindness can go far’
News Features
‘Thousands of bookings to cancel’: Iran war upends Europe’s summer holidays
Libya’s brain drain, 15 years after Tripoli fell
‘Where’s the humanity?’: Imran Khan’s sons fear for jailed ex-Pakistan PM
Andy Burnham’s in-tray: The challenges facing the new UK PM
UK’s hottest June: ‘The population should have been prepared for this’
Nigeria’s first state visit since 1989: President Bola Tinubu heads to UK
Cricket, politics, and power: How India’s stance casts a shadow over Pakistan’s historic tournament
The Power of Protest
Why was the earthquake so devastating and what lies ahead?
Safer Internet Day: ‘They can show you what they want’
Should I Worry About… Rising rents in London?
Should I Worry About… Young people’s mental health?
Should I Worry About… My brain in lockdown?
Artificial Intelligence will help developing world to streamline crop production
Pakistan: No light at the end of the tunnel
The price of blasphemy in Pakistan
Opinion
UK Muslims targeted in plot that barely made headlines
Labour’s surrender to Reform’s narrative means Farage has already won
Who gets called a terrorist, and who doesn’t?
