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Shadi Khan Saif

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The Guardian’s view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire brought relief, but the world must not look away now

The Guardian’s view on Gaza’s future: the ceasefire brought relief, but the world must not look away now
thursday 5

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Shadi Khan Saif

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error

The Guardian view on mistaken prisoner releases: a broken system not human error
thursday 7

The Guardian

Shadi Khan Saif

For a few dollars, I bought a childhood game from the op-shop. Watching my kids play felt like time had folded in on itself

For a few dollars, I bought a childhood game from the op-shop. Watching my kids play felt like time had folded in on itself
thursday 7

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Shadi Khan Saif

Spirituality isn’t rigid dogma. It’s a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world

Spirituality isn’t rigid dogma. It’s a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world
19.10.2025 7

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Shadi Khan Saif

From Karachi’s crowded markets and Kabul’s alleys to Australia’s vast sky: budgies are for me fragments of memory

02.10.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

My calls and emails to family in Afghanistan go unanswered. The Taliban’s internet shutdown has left us all helpless

01.10.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being

25.08.2025 20

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Shadi Khan Saif

Amid the chaos after the fall of Kabul, two men became my lifeline

15.08.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

Fragrant smoke on a wintry Melbourne night rekindles friendships and evokes memories of home in far-off Kabul

21.07.2025 5

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Shadi Khan Saif

Australia’s multiculturalism lives mostly on the surface. Inclusion without voice is tokenism

14.07.2025 40

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Shadi Khan Saif

The concept of ‘naseeb’ offers a way to stay grounded even when the world refuses to make sense

15.06.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

Muslim Australians are crying out to be heard. Will the major parties listen to us?

28.04.2025 9

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Shadi Khan Saif

Ramadan is not just about abstaining from food. It’s about truthfulness – something we can all learn from

23.03.2025 10

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Shadi Khan Saif

In otherwise chaotic times, Victoria’s state library gave me purpose and peace

From the outside, the magnificent 168-year-old library in the middle of Melbourne’s bustling CBD looked more like an exclusive club for the city’s...

16.09.2024 80

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Shadi Khan Saif

Mani once sang of freedom in Afghanistan. Now, silenced, she’s desperate to escape. Will Australia help?

In the final days of the Afghan republic – in defiance of a looming takeover by the Taliban – the Hazara journalist Mani sang revolutionary poems...

02.09.2024 2

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Shadi Khan Saif