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Louis Allday
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Photos: When a British intelligence officer documented his 1906 trip to the Persian Gulf and Iraq
Wilfrid Malleson covered Muscat, Kuwait, Basra, Baghdad and Mohammerah, among other places.
Louis Allday
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When a British officer wrote to London requesting financial aid for poor Indian women in Syria
Since 1926, the Consulate had been responsible for making cash payments to destitute British Indian subjects living in Syria, but funds were drying up.
Louis Allday
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Photos: The story of a 19th-century Iranian Shaikh who lost his Shaikhdom under the Pahlavis
Shaikh Khaz’al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī was loyal to the British hoping they would help him – but they didn’t.
Louis Allday
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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Congress moves Madras HC seeking Election Commission action against Modi for propagating hate speech
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Tune in: The fascinating story of how BBC started its first foreign language radio station in Arabic
And how it helped develop Educated Spoken Arabic as distinct from classical Arabic.
Louis Allday
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Photographs of tribal leaders from UAE back when it was under British control
In 1939, the Trucial Coast States were part of Britain’s Informal Empire in the Persian Gulf.
Louis Allday
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A drunken pilot, attempts to bomb Mecca and the formation of Saudi Arabia
The ruler of the Kingdom of Hejaz enlisted a Russian pilot to take back Mecca from the forces of Ibn Sa’ud.
Louis Allday
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations