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My Heart Through My Stomach You are the heat in my lungs brought on by the jollof rice the sweet vanilla in the Nigerian custard You are the thickest fried plantain in the freshly, fried batch The okra soup that swoops and draws so elegantly You are the softest puff
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Interviewed by Indigo Lilburn-Quick, BA History and Politics Photographs by Jeiran Artykova Over the past week, I have spent time with several of the staff members that are challenging the proposed cuts to the library under the One Professional Services restructuring proposals. It is clear from the interviews that all
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Interviewed by Khadija Kothia Baroness Valerie Amos has been the Director of SOAS since 2015. The questions below are a compilation of student submissions, issues relating to current campus discussions, and personal questions about the director herself. 1. How will the financial situation affect current students? It won’t. We
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By Asa Willoughby, BA South Asian Studies Cover Photo: Shop Staff 17/18: Asa, Natena, Holly, Christel, Nida, Saarah, Gpòbé Image Credit: Ravneet Kaur Matharu “This is my third year working in the shop and I love it, I cannot think of a better part-time job for a student, it
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By Laura Wormington, Graduate Diploma in Economics On 14 December, I joined a small, buzzing crowd in the Djam Lecture Theatre for the SOAS Drama Society’s production of Tennessee Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings” — their first major performance of the academic year produced by this year’s society president, Oscar
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Holly Sampson BA Middle Eastern Studies and World Philosophies Valentine’s Day is upon us and this year SOASk Me Out are working on a special event to spread joy and love around the SOAS campus. With the aim to help raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust, Valentine’s Hearts
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03/02 Hockey vs RSM 2pm PB @Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre 03/02 Women’s Football vs Greenwich 12pm @ Market Road 04/02 Netball 1s vs Royal Holloway 5:45pm @Highbury Fields 06/02 Netball 1s vs Goldsmiths 5:15pm @Highbury Fields 06/02 Rugby vs LSE 2pm
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By Ania Gricuk, BA Chinese and History In the life of every tennis enthusiast there comes a moment when you witness the beginning of the career of a burgeoning new player. It seems you have been with them all the way; from the start of their journey to stardom, through
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Why should you return to a place that no longer welcomes you? Jacob Loose, MA International Studies and Diplomacy Photo Credit: Tobias Schreiner, http://www.tobias-schreiner.com Speaking at a SOAS Syrian Society event on ‘Reconstruction, Politics, and Justice in Post-War Syria’, Mr Ibrahim Olabi said that for ordinary Syrians
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Ines Rodier, BA Politics and Development On the 7 January, at 4:30 am, a group of junior officers from the presidential guard declared on the national TV station that they had seized power of the Gabonese regime. A few hours later, the government announced that it had neutralised the
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Arooj Sultan, BA Economics & Politics The Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) anti-austerity and anti-government protestors marched for the 10th consecutive weekend, on the 19th of January. An estimated 84,000 people demonstrated against the government. Government buildings were vandalised, rioting broke out at the tomb of Napoleon, and protestors hurled
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