Lucy Popescu

2 days ago | newhumanist.org.uk | Lucy Popescu

A Nose and Three Eyes (Hoopoe Books) by Ihsan Abdel Kouddous, translated by Jonathan Smolin Egyptian author Ihsan Abdel Kouddous, who died in 1990, is one of the 20th century’s most prolific and popular writers of Arabic fiction. Born in Cairo in 1919, a contemporary of Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, Abdel Kouddous also enjoyed a long career in journalism. He was editor at the daily paper Al-Akhbar and editor-in-chief of the political weekly magazine Rose El-Youssef.

4 days ago | msn.com | Lucy Popescu

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Lucy Popescu

Born in Kabul, Maiwand Banayee aspired to become a Talib when he was 16. In 1994, living in a Pakistan refugee camp, there was little to do except sleep, eat, pray and dream of the afterlife: “Islam dominated every aspect of life in Shamshatoo. Even during the volleyball and cricket games the spectators were prevented from clapping because it was seen as un-Islamic.” Banayeejoined the camp’s madrasa when he was 14 in an attempt “to fit in”.

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Gabby Wong and Millicent Wong in Shanghai Dolls [Marc Brenner]AMY Ng’s character drama explores the interwoven lives of two women from Chinese history – Madame Mao (Gabby Wong) and Sun Weishi (Millicent Wong) – and how one destroyed the other. Jiang Qing and 14-year-old Sun first meet in 1930s Shanghai at an audition for Ibsen’s The Doll’s House, and swiftly become friends, united by their passion for theatre.

1 week ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Samuel Edward-Cook in Manhunt [Manuel Harlan]STYLISHLY staged by writer-director Robert Icke, Manhunt is a gruelling 90-minute exploration of toxic masculinity. Before the curtain rises, Samuel Edward-Cook prowls around the stage like a caged animal. On July 1, 2010, Raoul Moat (Edward-Cook) was released from Durham Prison. He went to the home of Samantha Stobbart (Sally Messham), his former girlfriend, murdered her boyfriend and left her fighting for her life.