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    Five years later: Delhi Police’s riots conspiracy case is built on sand

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    ‘The way a sari is worn is a living dictionary of India’s stories’: Cultural historian Malvika Singh
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‘Stopped eating so I could afford it’: Owner of largest Gaza bookshop after Israeli airstrike on it

‘I would restrict myself, my children and my siblings so I could afford the store,’ said Shaban Aslim.

Scroll Staff
May 20, 2021 · 07:35 pm
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“I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop.”

The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. pic.twitter.com/GvG2jkBIzX

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