Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times

The nightmare of giving birth in Gaza The streets were empty. The ambulance couldn’t come for more than half an hour, and the hospital’s maternity ward no longer functioned. The only sounds were the noises of planes and shelling. For Wajiha al-Abyad, who had fled her home weeks earlier, giving birth in Gaza last month…

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In story and song, artists keep world’s eyes on Mahsa Amini and the plight of Iran’s women

One year after the death of Mahsa Amini, artists in Canada and around the world are helping to keep the plight of Iranian women and minorities alive. The 22-year-old Kurdish woman was arrested by Iran’s morality police in Tehran on Sept. 13, 2022, for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. She fell into a coma after being taken to a detention centre and died three days…

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