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‘My father was my first dictator’: activist Loubna Mrie on oppression, murder and escape from Assad’s Syria

‘My father was my first dictator’: activist Loubna Mrie on oppression, murder and escape from Assad’s Syria

In her raw new memoir, the campaigner reveals how her political awakening came at a horrifying cost to her and those she loved – and why, even so, she still believes in the power of defiance, writes Natasha Walter

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'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

'The word terrorism is used to remove empathy': Natasha Walter on how language dehumanises the Palestine Action hunger strikers

Heba Muraisi has never been charged, tried or convicted of terrorism. But she and the other hunger strikers have been stripped of humanity in the way they have been labelled by the government. The damage is evident in how ordinary people react to them

Politics

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Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

The writer and activist reports from the Green Party conference, where it was clear that the party's stance on issues beyond the environment are bringing the Greta Thunberg generation to them in droves

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