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Author Archives: Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani

Photos taken at the Say No to Tommy Robinson march and rally in London on Sunday 9th December 2018.
Posted inOpinion

Anti-Muslim rhetoric contributes to anti-Muslim violence: On Tommy Robinson’s Oxford Union Invite.

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani May 11, 2026May 13, 2026
Figure skater Surya Bonaly, competing in 1992.
Posted inSports

Bonaly’s Backflip Returns to Olympic Ice

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani May 2, 2026May 2, 2026
Pen writing on paper
Posted inColumns

Borders and Belonging: Writing my Full Name

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani March 4, 2026March 6, 2026
Posted inOxford News

Faith, Food, and Friendship at Wadham College’s First Interfaith Ramadan Iftar Formal

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani March 1, 2026March 1, 2026
Posted inColumns

Borders and Belonging:  The Obsession With The “Oxford Accent”

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani February 20, 2026February 20, 2026
A collection of hands of various skin tones in a circle.
Posted inColumns

Borders and Belonging: Skin Tone and Social Status

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani February 6, 2026February 7, 2026
A girl looking out into the distance in a field
Posted inColumns

Borders and Belonging: The Politics of the “Good Immigrant”

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani January 22, 2026January 22, 2026
Artwork of key Oxford Landmarks, such as the Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre, within a globe Image. Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 8: End of Term Special

by Sol White, Lola Dunton-Milenkovic, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani, Thomas Yates and Elana Roberts December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
Posted inGlobal Affairs

The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani December 2, 2025December 2, 2025
Artwork of key Oxford Landmarks, such as the Radcliffe Camera and Sheldonian Theatre, within a globe Image. Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 5: Gaza, Kazakhstan and Colombia

by Sol White, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani, Finlay Jones and Gabriela Austin November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

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A Closer Look: Egypt’s City of the Dead is Coming Back to Life

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani May 13, 2026 9 min read
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Nancy Gittus takes A Closer Look at the development of Egypt’s City of the Dead throughout history, and its future developments. Has help from the…

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Escapism that Brings us Home: The True Power of Fantasy

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“Every time I have read fantasy I always emerge far more enchanted with my own world. What I had considered ‘meh’ before, glancing at it…

How to spend your money whilst keeping your morals

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