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Summer special

A Muslim’s response to Islamist terrorism

A great movie about militant rule in Timbuktu

Don’t do ISIS the favour of endorsing its propaganda

Baton Rouge, Nice, Würzburg: atrocious events require sober-minded leaders

Summer special

Women fight back

A funny and political film from India shows women asserting sexual liberty and fighting rape

The great ironies of Erdogan’s career and ideology

Populist triumph can only destabilise Turkey further

Summer special

Girl’s destiny

Guatemalan-French movie Ixcanul tells the sad but realistic story of a Mayan girl unable to escape tradition and external control

Rural life

Lost in translation

Missionaries have contributed to disrupting Adivasi traditions, but helped to save heritage as well

Rural life

Saving our heritage

Protection of Adivasi culture and traditions helps members of India’s tribal communities to cope with change

Youth criminality

“Violence and grief every day”

How poverty and broken families broaden the circle of youth gangs in Guatemala

Fatherhood

Missing role model

Too many children grow up without a father assuming responsibility for parenting in South Africa

Agriculture

Increasingly expensive kola nut

In Nigeria, the kola nut is an agricultural product of great cultural importance

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