‘There’s beauty everywhere’ … Arwa Mahdawi at the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia. Photograph: Kriston Jae Bethel/The GuardianI’ve long dreamed of visiting these Italian islands. But who needs sea views and olive groves when you’ve got traffic-filled expressways and the Fairmount Water Works?
by Arwa MahdawiIf someone gave me a large sum of money with the stipulation that I had to use it on a summer holiday, I would probably head to the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago off the coast of Sicily boasting dramatic cliffs, mud baths and picturesque beaches. Read More...
Erin Andrews says the case has affected her thoughts about the future GuardianUS sportsDefense lawyer argues Erin Andrews' career thrived after nude video leak Sports broadcaster is suing Marriott and stalker for $75m TV host says relationships have been affected by incident Sportscaster and TV host Erin Andrews testified on Tuesday that her career has thrived since a stalker took nude videos of her and posted them on the internet, but she doesn’t believe she will ever recover from the emotional fallout. Read More...
PoetryFifty years after Forough Farrokhzad’s death, Ebrahim Golestan talks about his affair with the giant of Persian literature
Forty miles south of London, in a quiet West Sussex village, lives a 94-year-old Iranian intellectual who has for half a century kept silent about his former lover, a giant of modern Persian literature who was killed in a car accident aged just 32.
But 50 years after Forough Farrokhzad’s sudden death, the reclusive Ebrahim Golestan has finally broken his silence, speaking out about the seriousness of their relationship and describing her as a poet who wrote honestly about the most fundamental human emotions. Read More...