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Dear Editors, Explain to me, would you, what this means: ‘Sebastian Faulks outburst risks anger of Muslims’? Or this: ‘Sebastian Faulks has risked sparking Muslim outrage…’ Does it mean that you have not yet found any angry Muslims and you’re stirring? Or is it just that you’ve taken your risk assessment training a tad too [...]

Over and over, these two words keep coming to mind, for I fear I am losing the words on my tongue. My monotonous voice has always irritated me, but these breaking words? Some words just won’t come out, some letters become an ill-pronounced splurge which echo back in my ears so disgracefully. Salam alaikum wa [...]

Swallow not the bitter pill, said he, but what a bout of misery followed it. The agitation, the grumpiness, the inexplicable tears: they all well up from nowhere and no amount of “what’s the matter with you” can help. If I knew what the matter was I’d do something about it. Not enough fresh fruit? [...]