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The Dust of Life: On Street Children and the Language of Othering
There is a quiet power in language — a stealthy force that can humanise or erase, uplift or condemn, draw people in or cast them out. One...
Dr Nelly Ali
5 days ago5 min read
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Rethinking Socialisation: Why School Isn’t the Only Place Children Learn to Belong
The idea that school is the best place for children’s socialisation deserves thoughtful reconsideration. It reflects a narrow and...
Dr Nelly Ali
6 days ago11 min read
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اللي ما اتغذاش حب من معلقة فضة، هيتعلم يلحسه من على السكاكين
واحدة من أقوى الحاجات في مسلسل "لام شمسية" هي شجاعته في مواجهة قضايا اجتماعية الناس بقالها سنين نفسها تتكلم عنها بصوت عالي. كأن المسلسل...
Dr Nelly Ali
Mar 273 min read
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Licking Love Off Knives: When Survival Isn’t a Choice, but a Class Privilege
One of the most powerful things about Laam Shamsiya is its fearless willingness to confront social issues that so many have been aching...
Dr Nelly Ali
Mar 274 min read
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Book Review: The Lion Women of Tehran
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Marjan Kamali’s Lion Women of Tehran is a mesmerising, deeply emotional novel that brings together the personal and the...
Dr Nelly Ali
Feb 53 min read
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Book Review: As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
⭐️⭐️ Book Review: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow ⭐️⭐️ I really wanted to love As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow. The premise—a novel set...
Dr Nelly Ali
Feb 52 min read
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Book Review: The Cairo House
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finished Reading: 4th February 2025 I really wanted to love Cairo House and was so grateful to have found it. As someone born in...
Dr Nelly Ali
Feb 43 min read
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Book Review: The Yacoubian Building
⭐️⭐️ Finished Reading: 1st February 2025 Alaa Al Aswany’s The Yacoubian Building is a captivating exploration of contemporary Egyptian...
Dr Nelly Ali
Feb 12 min read
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Book Review: Lady Tan's Circle of Women
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finished Reading: 26th January 2025 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women is the best book I have read in a long time. From the very...
Dr Nelly Ali
Jan 262 min read
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Book Review: The Lost Bookshop
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Finished Reading: 11th January 2025 Some books whisper their magic, gently drawing you into a world where words hold power,...
Dr Nelly Ali
Jan 112 min read
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