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      Left: Dr Nisreen Alwan, is one of thousands of Britons to be have been enervated by long Covid. right: Kings College Hospital staff help another sufferer to walk again during his rehabilitative process AFP
      Long Covid linked to brain damage

      Subjects were shown to have suffered significant neurological impairment from the illness

      WorldJanuary 30, 2021
      Left: Dr Nisreen Alwan, right: members of the clinical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment PPE care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. Courtesy University of Southampton/Getty Images
      Play26:28:37
      For a British-Iraqi scientist battling long Covid, death is not the only bad outcome

      A gentle walk in the park with her daughter led to days of fatigue for Dr Nisreen Alwan

      WorldJanuary 29, 2021
      Tony Kitous, restaurateur at Comptoir Libanais in Wigmore Street, London. Mark Chilvers for The National
      Play21:04:00
      How Tony Kitous went from kitchen hand to top of the food chain

      In our series of inspiring life stories across continents, we hear about the journey of an Algerian 'street boy' to become founder of the global Comptoir Libanais restaurant empire

      Arab ShowcaseJanuary 26, 2021
      Razzak Mirjan and Beder Mirjan. Courtesy of Razzak Mirjan
      Top British-Iraqi lawyer raises mental health funds through celebrity cookbook

      Razzak Mirjan was compelled to make the book after his step-brother took his own life at 18

      November 27, 2020
      Surrey coroner Alison Hewitt has described Sean Emmett's account of the events prior to his wife's death as lacking credibility. Getty
      Sean Emmett's account of wife's Dubai death not 'credible'

      Coroner disputes former MotoGP champion's testimony but records open verdict

      UAEOctober 30, 2020
      Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
      Sean Emmett denies pushing new bride out of Dubai hotel window

      Former MotoGP rider claims she fell out while looking for her wedding ring that had fallen from the fourth floor

      CourtsOctober 17, 2020
      Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
      Sean Emmett spent wife's money after she died, inquest hears

      Emmett continued to spend Abbie Elson’s money after she died, giving an amount to his new girlfriend

      EuropeOctober 16, 2020
      Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
      Sean Emmett 'choked his wife years before she died in Dubai'

      Police say the couple had an abusive relationship with Abbie Elson once taken to a refuge for her safety, before she fell from a Dubai hotel window in 2013

      CourtsOctober 08, 2020
      Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
      Sean Emmett saw his new bride fall from Dubai hotel window, inquiry hears

      Brother gives testimony as inquiry into Abbie Emmett's death is underway

      CourtsOctober 06, 2020
      Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
      Sean Emmett's young bride told of abuse before she died in Dubai

      An inquest is under way in the UK to determine if anyone was involved in the death of Abigail Elson in 2013

      CourtsOctober 06, 2020
      A mural in Baghdad, painted during demonstrations against the Iraqi political class last year. AFP
      From 'Lean In' to #MeToo: this was the decade that redefined how we talk about women

      The so-called fourth wave of feminism has given new platforms to air the issues that count but we are still a long way from gender equality

      CommentDecember 26, 2019
      Ceviche prepared by The National's Tahira Yaqoob
      Review: ceviche masterclass is a lesson in Peru's culinary diversity

      Ceviche is made of small chunks of raw fish, cured in the acidic juices of citrus fruit, then adorned with vegetables and herbs

      FoodJune 30, 2019
      Darcey Bussell in her final performance for The Royal Ballet on June 8, 2007. Alastair Muir / REX / Shutterstock
      Former ballerina Darcey Bussell on her career and life after ballet

      After a celebrated career as a principal with the Royal Ballet, the ballerina is on a mission to bring dance to schoolchildren across the United Kingdom

      LuxuryMay 16, 2019
      Tahira Yaqoob's short story 'Cafe Beirut' was recently shortlisted for an international award. Getty Images
      Cafe Beirut: Read Tahira Yaqoob's Mogford Prize-shortlisted story

      In this stunning short tale, a military general takes his usual restaurant seat, but this time gets more than he bargained for

      BooksApril 13, 2019
      Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen published by Puffin Classics. Courtesy Penguin UK
      My favourite reads: Tahira Yaqoob

      These are books I return to time and again or represent significant moments in my life.

      BooksMay 17, 2018
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