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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Last Invasion of England’ by Arthur der Weduwen

In popular accounts of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the autocratic Catholic King James II was ousted by his subjects…

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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Cold War City’ by David Barclay

Located more than 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain, West Berlin served as a stage on which the confrontation between…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir and the Mughal Empire’ by Munis D. Faruqui

Munis D. Faruqui’s “Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir and the Mughal Empire” provides new insights into the emperor’s rise to power, his administrative…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: ‘Feral’ urges women to shape their own narratives

Author: Avril MillarThe book “Feral: A Grown Woman’s Guide to a Free and Ferocious Life” by Avril Millar is a…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: Marine Life of the Caribbean Sea

Author: Lawson WoodFrom rays and turtles to corals and sponges, “Marine Life of the Caribbean Sea” reveals the incredible range…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: Powers of Reading by Peter Szendy

“Powers of Reading” is a patient, brilliant, and illuminating inquiry into the crosscurrents of voice and address, one that speaks…

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Lucy Letby hospital consultant says inquiry makes for grim reading

One of the senior doctors who tried to raise concerns about Lucy Letby with hospital managers has told the BBC…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: ‘The Wretched of the Earth’ by Frantz Fanon

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most…

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Arab News | What We Are Reading Today: ‘Into the Great Wide Ocean’ by Sonke Johnsen

The open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the seafloor, is a vast and formidable habitat that is…

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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Octopus X’ by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

In the late 1970s, Panamanian diver and artist Arcadio Rodaniche observed a mysterious colony of striped octopuses off the coast…

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