Taymour Soomro’s debut novel Other Names for Love begins with a son flinching at the sound of his father’s voice. Sixteen-year-old Fahad has been ordered to spend the summer with Rafik, his authoritarian father who manages their family farm in Sindh, Pakistan. It’s on the train ride there that Rafik offers up his animating belief:
Month: August 2022
Life is all about wishes and dreams – one way or another. Every single one of us is working to achieve something of value in life, something worth striving for, and in the end something that can make a difference. However, some of us just can’t muster up the courage to even wish for what
Agony In The Garden has just released the highly anticipated new single “Home” which is now available worldwide. Agony In The Garden’s inception occurred on April of 2013 as a one man band with singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist Mack Perry writing and recording all of Agony’s music. Releasing a debut four song EP, Where Olympus Dwells, in
Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Many workers who changed jobs recently saw raises from their new paychecks outpace inflation by a wide margin — by nearly 10% or more, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. The typical American who changed employers in the year from April 2021 to March
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studio’s Prime Video is charging into the fall season with a bevy of awards contending and crowd pleasing movies, the list of dates which you can find below. Many of these will be having splashy world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival, i.e. My Policeman, Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy, with the
by Trevor Kimball, August 1, 2022 (The CW) Barry Allen is going to run his last race in 2023. The CW has announced that The Flash TV series will end with its upcoming ninth season of 13 episodes. The show will wrap in early 2023 and cross the finish line with 184 installments. A superhero
WASHINGTON — NASA is changing rules for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, including requiring such missions to be led by a former NASA astronaut. In an Aug. 1 procurement notice, NASA announced changes in requirements for future solicitations for private astronaut missions, or PAMs, to the station. The changes, the agency
Motorola Edge 2022 official press renders have reportedly leaked online ahead of its launch. The alleged renders show a hole-punch display and slightly thicker bezels, as per the report. On the right spine, the smartphone can be seen with the volume rockers and a power key. It could reportedly feature an in-display fingerprint scanner. The
WASHINGTON — As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday evening local time for a long-rumored official visit, her trip has exposed a rare schism between the Biden White House and the most powerful Democrat in Congress. Officially, the Biden administration has been careful to avoid directly answering questions about whether it agrees
Wiz Khalifa is getting some blowback for a viral video inside a Los Angeles nightclub where he verbally destroyed a pair of DJs for not playing his new song. If ya missed it, Wiz lost this cool over the weekend at Poppy … calling the DJs “horrible,” before offering to engage in an actual fight
In this article TAP A bottle of Molson Coors Brewing Co. Blue Moon brand beer Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Molson Coors Beverage is seeing a split emerge among its customers as inflation hits their wallets: some beer drinkers are trading down, while others are still shelling out for pricier six-packs. Shares of
Accessories can often be an afterthought when dressing, especially when there are dozens of micro-trends floating up through TikTok. However, this season, the star of the show wasn’t a killer silhouette but often looked over jewelry and other pieces that will take your ‘fit to the next level. Gloves were a clear standout of this
Mandy Moore is speaking out about life following her six-season stint on This Is Us. The drama series wrapped its run earlier this year, with Moore revealing that what comes next is “daunting.” Moore, who played Rebecca Pearson on the hit drama, opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about life following This Is Us. “Clearly,
Think that choosing a men’s buzz cut is as easy as choosing a number? Not anymore, exposing some scalp isn’t just about being bald and brave, or even about having a wash ‘n go haircut, it’s still about finding the best haircut for you, no one-style-fits-all. But the good news for you is that these
There’s a scene in Ethiopian-American writer Dinaw Mengestu’s novel All Our Names that I think back on a lot. A white social worker, Helen, living in the effectively still segregated 1970s American Midwest, has decided she is going to make a point (maybe to herself) by bringing her lover Isaac—an Ethiopian foreign exchange student—to a
In this article RACE-IT The Ferrari SP38 seen at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022 on June 23rd in Chichester, England. Martyn Lucy | Getty Images Ferrari raised its guidance for 2022 after reporting record results for the second quarter amid unprecedented demand for its high-priced sports and grand touring cars. The Italian supercar maker has
Source: NYSE Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Pinterest — Shares of the image-sharing company popped more than 19% despite a miss on the top and bottom lines as activist investor Elliott Management revealed it is now the largest investor. The company also beat monthly active user estimates. Simon Property Group —
Catching a reader’s attention is a fine art when it comes to popular-science books, finds Matin Durrani (Courtesy: iStock/blackred) I’m having trouble knowing how to start this article. That’s because we’ve been busy compiling a Physics World book quiz for you to enjoy on your summer holidays (or winter holidays for readers in the southern