Tania Malik’s new coming-of-age novel, Hope You Are Satisfied, takes place in 1990s Dubai, during the lead-up to Operation Desert Storm. The story follows Riya, a twenty-something Indian immigrant sending money home to her family while working as a guide for “rinky-dink” tour company Discover Arabia. Riya has a fraught relationship with Dubai: she’s making money but has limited control over her circumstances. Her passport is kept in a safe in Discover Arabia’s office, “assurance against their sponsorship of [her] work visa.” “There was no future here,” Riya says. “Wherever in the world we hailed from, our time in Dubai lasted…
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In this articleWBDFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTBarbie The MovieCourtesy: Warner Bros. It’s Barbie’s world and we’re just living in it.The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend.related investing newsAfter the big ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend, Wells Fargo thinks this Hollywood stock can rally nearly 50%Alex Harringa day agoSell Disney as falling Marvel popularity and lower TV ad revenue pressure stock, Atlantic Equities saysBrian Evansa day agoThe ‘Barbenheimer’ box office success can help a range of stocks, analysts say. Here are some of themAlex Harring2 days agoOn Monday, “Barbie” added…
Photo by Lorraine KinnearTlotlo Tsamaase’s science fiction “Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition),” which asserts a feminist agency and voice in a patriarchal and oppressive speculative world, was shortlisted for this year’s Caine Prize for African writing. Tsamaase is a Motswana author. Xer debut adult novel, Womb City, comes out in January 2024 from Erewhon Books. Xer novella, The Silence of the Wilting Skin, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Tsamaase has received support from the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, and xer story “Behind Our Irises” jointly won the Nommo Award. Tsamaase was a writer-in-residence at Casa Snowapple Writers Residency.…
Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Securities and Exchange Commission wants corporate America to tell investors more about cybersecurity breaches and what’s being done to fight them. Much more. The SEC is scheduled to vote today on rules that would require public companies to disclose “material” cybesecurity breaches within four days after a determination that an incident was material. related investing newsChevron issues preliminary second-quarter earnings. Here’s what the pros are sayingChristina Falso2 days agoThe SEC says it is necessary to collect the data to protect investors. Corporate America is pushing back, claiming that the short announcement period is unreasonable, and…
Editors Rating What We LikeIt’s a distinct smell. While it may be divisive, there isn’t another fragrance out there quite like it. Gucci Mémoire d’une Odeur is perfect for uniqueness.Perfect for summer. That fresh, green coolness has the right amount of bitter. It radiates in the sunshine, and it’s a great choice for warmer months.It’s unisex. For the first time, Gucci has made a scent for anyone and everyone, regardless of gender. Who doesn’t love that? What We Dont LikeGucci Mémoire d’une Odeur is a beautiful, fresh scent, but it’s not perfect. Some find its bitterness unappealing and its sillage…
Amid all the noise about studios taking apart the fall and fourth-quarter release schedule over the SAG-AFTRA strike, here’s some good news: Amazon is taking its Emerald Fennell-directed movie Saltburn out on Black Friday, November 24, in New York and Los Angeles. Pic will expand December 1. In the wake of releasing Ben Affleck’s Air in theaters over Easter (it opened to $20.2 million over five days stateside and made close to $90M worldwide), the streamer is going theatrical again, and that’s a big thing to applaud. Amazon is excited about Fennell’s next big feature, which has a plot that’s…
TAMPA, Fla. — A Spire Global-led group has won European Space Agency funds to develop a satellite to demonstrate a civil aviation tracking constellation that would not rely on GPS, or any other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) vulnerable to interference. Most commercial aircraft must have an Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter that periodically sends out the location data they get from GNSS satellites. Modern air traffic surveillance systems augment this GNSS-supported ADS-B data to provide air traffic controllers with more precise flight information, such as U.S-based Aireon, which uses payloads on Iridium’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. However,…
Threads has rolled out a new Following tab on iOS and Android that allows users to see posts from users they have followed on the platform. Meta’s text-based microblogging platform that was launched as an alternative to Twitter — recently rebranded by Elon Musk to ‘X’ — will now allow users to see posts on the platform in chronological order. Until now, the platform offered an algorithmic feed that showed recommended posts along with posts from people they followed on the app. Meanwhile the platform has also confirmed that it is working on a web version of Threads, another feature that has…
Semiconductors are a key focus in the technology trade war taking place between the U.S. and China.William_potter | Istock | Getty ImagesThe Senate overwhelmingly backed legislation Tuesday that would require U.S. firms to notify the Treasury when investing in advanced Chinese technology on national security concerns.That’s a toned-down version of the initial Outbound Investment Transparency Act introduced two years ago, which called for restricting investment — and attracted a fair amount of pushback, according to a Senate aide.The latest legislation, which does not require review or investment curbs, still faces a process before it can become law. It is one…
NewsWatch the First Trailer for Netflix’s New Documentary Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-HopThe film—featuring interviews with Queen Latifah, Tierra Whack, Da Brat, Coi Leray and more—hits the streaming service early next monthBy Matthew Ismael RuizJuly 26, 2023FacebookTwitterQueen Latifah in a still from the trailer for Netflix’s Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-HopFacebookTwitterNetflix has shared the first trailer for its new documentary Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop. The film features artists such as Queen Latifah, Sha-Rock, Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, Remy Ma, Yo-Yo, Da Brat, Rah Digga, Coi Leray, Bahamadia, Tierra Whack, Latto,…
In this articleBAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn employee walks past a Boeing 737 Max aircraft seen parked at the Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Washington, January 10, 2020.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersBoeing’s second-quarter results topped analyst expectations thanks to a pickup in commercial aircraft deliveries as the manufacturer increases production.The company generated $2.6 billion of free cash in the quarter and reiterated its full-year guidance of between $3 billion and $5 billion of free cash flow. related investing newsGeneral Motors shares drop after second-quarter earnings. Here’s what the pros are sayingChristina Falso16 hours agoIts shares were up about 4% in…
Maybe it’s the 30-year anniversary of Issey Miyake’s iconic Pleats Please line that’s having a ripple effect on the fashion world, but variations on the brand’s signature micro pleats seem to be everywhere at the moment. The impeccable heat-set pleating on a Pleats Please garment—which put the style on the map when the brand launched in the early ’90s—is enduringly appealing today, and you might be tempted to dabble in the trend, considering all the micro pleated styles bubbling up across price points right now. It’s not hard to see why the trend is seeing a resurgence. The curve-hugging, divinely…
Betrayal is a tricky path to walk, yet several people choose it on Justified: City Primeval Season 1 Episode 3. Willa sees Raylan’s decision as backstabbing when he’s doing what a father needs to do. Sweety is conflicted but desperate about turning over the weapon. Sandy’s affection for Skender is purely transactional in light of her relationship with Clement, but even that is negotiable. As is true with most dangerous options, it is not an easy choice, but it usually looks to be the only one. And then there’s Carolyn Wilder, our acolyte of Lady Justice. She knows the Law…
Real Family Grows Your Hair for You Baby Brother Shape-Up Half-brother and I grew up without much hair on our heads. Anthony was the boy and I was a girl, mistaken for a boy, we shared a barber. Mom said my hair was not right for ponytails, pigtails. With a barber’s help, I believed mom would help me look pretty, whiter. She never tried her brush on my nappy roots, only fingertips to comb. Nine months after my 40th birthday, I texted my breast cancer diagnosis. I was a near-bald preschooler, so I am not afraid of chemotherapy taking my…
The meta-optical fibre endoscope A meta-optic is optimized for integration with a coherent fibre bundle. The new device achieves a reduced tip length while maintaining a wide field-of-view of 22.5° and a large depth-of-field exceeding 30 mm. (Courtesy: J E Fröch, L Huang, Q A A Tanguy, S Colburn, A Zhan, A Ravagli, E J Seibel, K Böhringer and A Majumdar) Ultrathin optical elements known as meta-optics can reduce the tip length of endoscopes, which is one of the limiting factors of these medical devices. That’s the latest finding from researchers at the University of Washington, who used an inverse…
In this articleUPSFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTUnited Parcel Service (UPS) driver pushes a dolly of packages towards a delivery van on a street in New York.Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUPS and the union representing more than 300,000 workers at the package carrier on Tuesday said they reached a preliminary labor deal, narrowly avoiding a strike that was set to start in the coming days.”Together we reached a win-win-win agreement on the issues that are important to Teamsters leadership, our employees and to UPS and our customers,” UPS CEO Carol Tome. “This agreement continues to reward UPS’s…
How often have you found yourself bewildered, asking the question, “How can I make my cologne last longer?” I feel you. It’s like we’re running a marathon against time, trying to get to that finish line before our beloved fragrances hit their expiry dates.As someone who has tested their fair share of scents, I want to help shed light on this aromatic disappointment. No longer will you need to search endlessly, “How to make cologne last longer?” Instead, let me share some tried and tested tricks, a little bit of home DIY, and a whole lot of personal experience. From…
EXCLUSIVE: Despite all the champagne popping at Warner Bros and Universal over the bananas box office success of Barbie and Oppenheimer, distribution executives continue to sweat over a possible lengthy SAG-AFTRA strike that is already blowing up the fall release calendar. We told you first last week this was going to happen. Many want their stars to promote these films. Sources tell me that studio executives are hoping to huddle with the National Association of Theatre Owners in an effort to get the word out to SAG-AFTRA how a lengthy strike could really do damage, not just to the motion…