Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients
There’s a terrific charm and swe…
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‘Yes, they would execute a child’: the film about a girl who has to bake a birthday cake for Saddam Hussein ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi re…
65 days ago
How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh ⊖⊖
As crowds attack newspaper offices and violence has killed 184 people, the optimism around Sheikh Hasina’s overthrow has dimmed
The sounds of a mob were already audible when Zyma Islam hit send on her…
70 days ago
Hadi’s killing “chilling turning point” for Bangladesh ⊖⊖
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Lawyer Taqbir Huda says Sharif Osman Hadi's killing and violence in Bangladesh signal a shift and security failure
Protests escalate in Bangladesh after death of student leader Hadi ⊖
Thousands rally nationwide, calling for justice for Hadi, whose death intensifies anti-Indian sentiment in Bangladesh.
Who was Osman Hadi; why is Bangladesh on fire over his death? ⊖⊖
Hadi's death has led to protests, anti-India sentiment and attacks on newspapers in Bangladesh.
9 months ago
Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder for 2022 attack that left writer blind in his right eye
The man found guilty of attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison…
10 months ago
Attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie to be sentenced for attempted murder ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Hadi Matar was convicted over 2022 attack in western New York that left author partially blinded
Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York…
Iran prepares mass finger amputation of 'thieves' in brutal sharia punishment ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Hadi Rostami, Mehdi Sharfian and Mehdi Shahivand are waiting to undergo the 'cruel and irreversible' punishment of finger amputation as early as April 11.
12 months ago
Salman Rushdie 'knifeman' declares 'Free Palestine' as he enters courtroom over stabbing that left the author fighting for life - as trial hears how British victim was 'too stunned' to fight back ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Hadi Matar, an immigrant from Lebanon, was 'on a mission' when he stormed the stage in Chautauqua, upstate New York and attacked the author from behind.