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Author Archives: Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani

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Borders and Belonging: Writing my Full Name

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani March 4, 2026March 6, 2026
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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
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Borders and Belonging: Skin Tone and Social Status

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani February 6, 2026February 7, 2026
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Borders and Belonging: The Politics of the “Good Immigrant”

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani January 22, 2026January 22, 2026
Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
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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
Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
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Outside OX1 Week 5: Gaza, Kazakhstan and Colombia

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

Kyrgyzstan’s Forced Unveiling: Echoes of Other Nations’ Restrictive Laws

by Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani November 14, 2025November 19, 2025
Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

by Sol White, Elana Roberts, Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani and Gabriela Austin November 10, 2025November 12, 2025

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Second Draft: Melodramatic Fearmongering

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“What I do know, however, is that my younger self was a voracious reader and writer. Albeit with a slightly quirky imagination. If I could…

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