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writer & editor & social media gal 〰️ religions etc. ✴️ work @LSEfaithcentre ~ editing @LSE_RGS ~ sometimes @mangal_media @ofmooseandmen ~ tweets are just me

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Joined September 2011
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Only four days left to submit your pitches for the spring Seasonal Shorts series at Women* Write the Balkans! Consider submitting your ideas and/or share widely 🌿
As we prepare for hibernation, our minds turn to blooms. Submit 200-word pitches by Dec 20 for essays on growth, fertility, and the Balkans. womenwritethebalkans.com/sea…
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Outside the Russian embassy in London as the Syria Solidarity demo starts to gather
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In search of a publisher for selected stories by Salomat Vafo, first woman to publish a novel in Uzbek. Treacherous border crossing, roving wolf packs, inner lives in remote places, and the disappearing Aral Sea. Get in touch or send suggestions🐺🐺🐺🇺🇿📕
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New on the blog 🟥 Pope Francis has made it clear that Catholics should join the fight against climate change. In this article, Alonso de Llanes outlines the transformation of the Catholic Church into a leading advocate for climate action blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglob…
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Building dialogues between places categorised as peripheries is very very hard (because of resources, exhaustion, visibility... ) @commonscomua has been a place of incredibly meaningful and urgent conversations, come join their conference this weekend commons.com.ua/en/konferenci…
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Патриарх Кирилл призвал верующих стать богами. В качестве доказательства он предложил использовать автомат Калашникова с надписью Pussy Riot
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All Saints Day at Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza (November 1, 2024)
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"Eternity is up, not ahead. This means eternity is available to us even now, and those who have entered eternity ahead of us are not lost to some distant future." Loved this, drawing on Eugene Vodolazkin’s novel about a medieval Russian Orthodox holy man plough.com/en/topics/life/gr…
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I think we have some of the finest editors around. Please raise a toast to: Lin Webb @LinBodhran Leonora Rustamova. Hetha Duffy. Darya Rustamova @rustam_ova Brilliant women, one and all!! @thebookseller @booksaremybag
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Muslims believe in the supernatural, with angels, jinn [spirits], and Shaitan [Satan], but celebrating Halloween is often discouraged as it conflicts with the idea of Allah as ultimate reality. @itsmairab reports religionmediacentre.org.uk/n…
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Drone footage of this evening’s protest outside the Georgian Parliament. 📸Irakli Tabatadze ▶️ Georgia election live updates: oc-media.org/live-updates-ge…
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not even a month between these being taken. add them to the patchwork of horrific photos we all see every day
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I can't get my head around the fact that all this agony is deliberately inflicted. This is being done to humans by other humans, and gleefully supported by more humans.
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