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Left: Dr Nisreen Alwan, is one of thousands of Britons to be have been enervated by long Covid. right: Kings College Hospital staff help another sufferer to walk again during his rehabilitative process AFP
Long Covid linked to brain damage

Subjects were shown to have suffered significant neurological impairment from the illness

WorldJanuary 30, 2021
Tahira Yaqoob
Left: Dr Nisreen Alwan, right: members of the clinical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment PPE care for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge. Courtesy University of Southampton/Getty Images
For a British-Iraqi scientist battling long Covid, death is not the only bad outcome

A gentle walk in the park with her daughter led to days of fatigue for Dr Nisreen Alwan

WorldJanuary 29, 2021
Tahira Yaqoob
Tony Kitous, restaurateur at Comptoir Libanais in Wigmore Street, London. Mark Chilvers for The National
How Tony Kitous went from kitchen hand to top of the food chain

In our series of inspiring life stories across continents, we hear about the journey of an Algerian 'street boy' to become founder of the global Comptoir Libanais restaurant empire

Arab ShowcaseJanuary 26, 2021
Tahira Yaqoob
Razzak Mirjan and Beder Mirjan. Courtesy of Razzak Mirjan
Top British-Iraqi lawyer raises mental health funds through celebrity cookbook

Razzak Mirjan was compelled to make the book after his step-brother took his own life at 18

November 27, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Surrey coroner Alison Hewitt has described Sean Emmett's account of the events prior to his wife's death as lacking credibility. Getty
Sean Emmett's account of wife's Dubai death not 'credible'

Coroner disputes former MotoGP champion's testimony but records open verdict

UAEOctober 30, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
Sean Emmett denies pushing new bride out of Dubai hotel window

Former MotoGP rider claims she fell out while looking for her wedding ring that had fallen from the fourth floor

CourtsOctober 17, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
Sean Emmett spent wife's money after she died, inquest hears

Emmett continued to spend Abbie Elson’s money after she died, giving an amount to his new girlfriend

EuropeOctober 16, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
Sean Emmett 'choked his wife years before she died in Dubai'

Police say the couple had an abusive relationship with Abbie Elson once taken to a refuge for her safety, before she fell from a Dubai hotel window in 2013

CourtsOctober 08, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
Sean Emmett saw his new bride fall from Dubai hotel window, inquiry hears

Brother gives testimony as inquiry into Abbie Emmett's death is underway

CourtsOctober 06, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
Sean and Abbie Emmett were spending two days in Dubai on their way to the UK after marrying in South Africa in 2013. Abbie died after falling from the fourth floor of Jumeirah Creekside Hotel in Al Garhoud.
Sean Emmett's young bride told of abuse before she died in Dubai

An inquest is under way in the UK to determine if anyone was involved in the death of Abigail Elson in 2013

CourtsOctober 06, 2020
Tahira Yaqoob
A mural in Baghdad, painted during demonstrations against the Iraqi political class last year. AFP
From 'Lean In' to #MeToo: this was the decade that redefined how we talk about women

The so-called fourth wave of feminism has given new platforms to air the issues that count but we are still a long way from gender equality

CommentDecember 26, 2019
Tahira Yaqoob
Ceviche prepared by The National's Tahira Yaqoob
Review: ceviche masterclass is a lesson in Peru's culinary diversity

Ceviche is made of small chunks of raw fish, cured in the acidic juices of citrus fruit, then adorned with vegetables and herbs

FoodJune 30, 2019
Tahira Yaqoob
Darcey Bussell in her final performance for The Royal Ballet on June 8, 2007. Alastair Muir / REX / Shutterstock
Former ballerina Darcey Bussell on her career and life after ballet

After a celebrated career as a principal with the Royal Ballet, the ballerina is on a mission to bring dance to schoolchildren across the United Kingdom

LuxuryMay 16, 2019
Tahira Yaqoob
Tahira Yaqoob's short story 'Cafe Beirut' was recently shortlisted for an international award. Getty Images
Cafe Beirut: Read Tahira Yaqoob's Mogford Prize-shortlisted story

In this stunning short tale, a military general takes his usual restaurant seat, but this time gets more than he bargained for

BooksApril 13, 2019
Tahira Yaqoob
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen published by Puffin Classics. Courtesy Penguin UK
My favourite reads: Tahira Yaqoob

These are books I return to time and again or represent significant moments in my life.

BooksMay 17, 2018
Tahira Yaqoob
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