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Feature writer. Formerly based in the Middle East. Particular interest in social issues and the politics of sport. Also like doing book reviews. Work for CNN, Guardian, iPaper, Tribune, Prospect, New Internationalist, New Statesman, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye.
Social affairs
An epic journey from Irpin to Poland for a family of refugees and their menagerie.
We don't serve Russians," read a sign outside a restaurant in Portugal. The same policy was applied by an innkeeper in Germany, a hotel in Poland, and a university in Estonia.
Few would envy Britain's embattled National Health Service workers over the past year. But Charles Oti would swap places in a heartbeat.
The distances between the women in the photographs hint at the challenges in their relationships.
"The west has become pussified," complained a young man with a neat moustache and a waistcoat that looked like velvet.
Barely a week seems to pass without a new iteration of a scandal that has plagued Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and threatened to tear the party apart.
Former home of Charlie Chaplin faces uncertain future.
The city's largest Latin American communities are on the edge of a precipice.
This is the 99%, not the 75%
Middle East
In the dark days of Isis rule the central library in Iraq's second city was a snipers' nest, Today, after a rapid renovation, it is due to reopen as Mosul's recovery continues.
How Israel's secretive and feared spyware company came to the brink of collapse
It is a cruel irony that a region so blessed with the treasures of early human civilizations is also among those most troubled by conflict.
My experience in a haphazard but fast-moving industry.
Addiction and drug-related crime tears through traditional conservative areas.
Unions take up the fight for real power
Attack on mixed-education NGO a worrying sign
A permanent life-support system that sustains the Occupation
Walking a mile in the shoes of bedouin families surrounded by unexploded ordnance.
There is no rule of law in 'C' areas - 60% of the West Bank in which Palestinian police cannot operate freely
Anawi's home has been demolished six times by the Israeli army, just part of the unique challenge of life in the Jordan Valley.
Sport/Sports Politics
Magpie fans flooded the streets to celebrate the sale of the club. But for the long-established Yemeni community of Tyneside it is a different story.
He might be Palestine's greatest player, and he is just getting started.
A golden age of Muslim football stars challenge the prejudice of fans.
One of the strongest pieces of evidence to support the idea that Mauricio Pochettino is indeed magic, as the song suggests, is his record of resurrections.
Tommy Robinson's movement is making a play for the hearts and minds of football fans.
Football fans serve as pinatas for freelance nightclub bouncers but rarely complain.
Mental fatigue may be more debilitating than physical fatigue.
ConIFA World Cup is a soccer tournament for stateless teams not recognized by FIFA.
A unique alliance at Fortuna Dusseldorf provides a glimpse of football beyond its lingering prejudices.
Books
The Kingdom of Benin took centuries to build and just a few days to raze to the ground.
Raja Shehadeh gives a long and poignant guide to his hometown.
What are you left with after two dreams die?
Investigative journalist Tom Burgis explains why the resource curse is here to stay.
Health/Environment/Tech
Does the island of Tuvalu predict our future?
"I don't understand arachnophobia," says Vollrath, as he inspects his brood.
A delicious solution to the devastating impact of invasive species such as lionfish.
The information age is powered by thin fiber-optic cables buried in the sea bed, spreading between continents to connect every corner of the planet.
Interviews
The last president of apartheid South Africa is feeling a lot better about his country's prospects, he tells CNN in a wide-ranging interview.
"The vision is for a street lined with trees," the Mayor of London told CNN.
As the World Wide Web turns 25, its creator talks spying, censorship and freedom.
One of the greatest of all time doesn't think that way.