Hints and tips:
...I’m bombarded [with calls]. ‘Have they signed? Is something happening?’ I was like, you know what? I’ll just chill, switch my phone off . . ....
...“I’m a teacher and I’m focused on philosophical theories,” Alamolhoda told the Financial Times from her office in Tehran’s state-run Shahid Beheshti University....
...Nasser asks me about the phone charger I’m holding tight in my hand. We hug each other, as if one of us had just returned from a long trip....
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Sweden’s Nato bid: Hungary’s National Assembly is expected to ratify Sweden’s membership of the western military alliance....
...What do I do with these [mega-projects] if I’m dying of starvation?”...
...“I’m afraid to tell you the truth . . . [I] might not be allowed to come back.”...
...But maybe I’m just selfish. What is your priority this week? Email me at jonathan.moules@ft.com or, if you are reading this from your inbox, hit reply....
...“I’m amazed how the Islamic republic could not make her kneel down, and this prize will make it even more difficult for them.”...
...“Robots can’t replace senior clerics, but they can be a trusted assistant that can help them issue a fatwa in five hours instead of 50 days,” said Mohammad Ghotbi, who heads a state-linked organisation in...
...“I miss Barcelona a lot — all my friends are there and now I’m living in a small town with far less to do.”...
...Matt — I’m sure somebody already suggested Andrew Wylie in the Guardian?...
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...Young people now say, ‘I’m Iraqi, I’m from Iraq,’ to me.” Ariel Qassus from Tassa’s backing band, the Kuwaitis, adds: “They used to be embarrassed, now they are proud.”...
...So B&M, which also reports on Wednesday, should be lifted by shoppers trading down....
...The women I’m still making are her body,” she says. Fayyazi exhibits abroad but is unable to show such works publicly in Iran, given that exhibiting nudes is prohibited....
...“When [Palestinian prime minister] Mohammad Shtayyeh came here I told him, ‘Either protect us, or give us a way to protect ourselves’,” he says....
...I’m sure the things we want aren’t going to happen easily,” Aryan says. “It will happen when I’m a father and go to the street with my son.”...
...Possibly, I think Labour’s ranking red prince, because his father, Mohammad Sarwar, was the pioneering Glasgow MP....
...“I’m shaking everyday when my children and husband go out fearing that they may be killed by the opposition . . . Is that fair to us?” The authorities’ strategy may yet backfire....
...“Nowadays when I’m abroad, I meet people who hear we’re from Bangladesh and ask if we know about the Dhaka Art Summit,” says Rajeeb Samdani with a laugh....
...“I’m investing in my country,” he explains. “I’m returning to give something back to my country that gave me soccer. I’m returning to the game of soccer that got me to where I am.”...
...Export demand was extremely high, he said, adding: “If it keeps on going like this, -I’m not sure Afghans will have coal left to buy in the winter.”...
...(laughter) [MUSIC PLAYING] Michela TinderaI’m Michela Tindera from the Financial Times....
...FT sports editor Murad Ahmed has more. Murad AhmedSo there was a renegotiation over the name. Fifa wanted a lot more money to use its name in the video game....
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