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Have you heard of Ali Cogia before? Well, I haven’t until a few weeks back, while browsing children’s books for my niece. Assuming that the story was of Persian origins because of the name Cogia,...

One of the things I like about historical mysteries is the limitation of the methods: murders were always executed by strangling, stabbing, drowning or poisoning.Detectives didn’t have much to work...

Whether you’ve heard of Indian classical music before or not, Chaitanya Tamhane’s movie The Disciple (2021) sets you on an amazing journey with a complete immersion in the joyful experience of...

Having one of the worst summers this year — with temperatures reaching 47˚C almost daily — meant that I had to keep the pack and other wadi creatures (cats and myna birds) hydrated.Every morning,...

Feeding the puppies became some kind of a daily entertainment for my next-door neighbours: aunt Rahma and her husband uncle Jamal. Their balcony was right opposite the wadi, from where they’d...

Mr T was hesitant to come and see the afflicted puppy. He argued that it was pointless — after all — knowing that we won’t be able to help him as he was difficult to catch. However, having an...

It was December when Mama Dog decided to descend from the mountain and deliver her litter on the north side of our tiny wadi. At the time, the south side of the wadi was controlled by my banished cats...

In her novel Elizabeth is Missing published in 2014, writer Emma Healey’s main character is an 80 years old woman struggling with memory loss.Maud Horsham’s daily life is not easy, she can’t...

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring, Netflix streamed the Egyptian movie After the Battle (2012) which covers the aftermath of a certain event known in the Arab world as: The Battle of the...

Our house is divided into two cat territories. The first is mom’s room that is solely controlled by cross-eyed Poppy. And the second is my room (of course!) that is shared between three cats: Fat...

Lída Baarová (1914-2000) is a well-known Czech actress who starred in many German movies during the 1930’s and 40’s. She was the mistress of Joseph Gobles’s - the minister of Nazi propaganda...

If you’re looking for a book that makes science interesting not only for adults but also for children above 12 then you should definitely read Richard Dawkins’s The Magic of Reality (2011).Richard...