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The Guardian
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis audiobook review – a sharp comedy about Islamic State brides
Nadia Amin is a thirtysomething academic who is estranged from her mother and recovering from a painful breakup with her ex. When she is offered a job heading up a UN programme aimed at rehabilitating Islamic State brides, she jumps at the chance for change. Having published a paper on deradicalisation, Nadia feels she is more than qualified for the job. But when she arrives in Iraq, she realises she will need to overcome prejudice – her own and that of her co-workers – if she is to make any progress. Shortlisted for this year's Women's prize for fiction, Fundamentally is the smart and acerbic debut novel from Nussaibah Younis featuring a hilarious heroine who, noting the absence of burned-out cars and bullet holes at her destination, notes: 'It's not like I was expecting Stalingrad but Baghdad took the piss … Why was it so … nice?' Yet it also offers more serious commentary on the creaking bureaucracy of humanitarian missions that are meant to be about solving problems rather than creating them. Told in the first person, the book is read by Sarah Slimani whose pacing is on point. Her Nadia pinballs between brash, unfiltered confidence and crushing self-doubt. When she meets Sara, who left London to join IS at 15 and has been disowned by her parents, the two form an unsteady bond. Each must put aside their preconceptions about the other – Nadia initially sees Sara as an ungrateful refugee while Sara tells Nadia she is a 'slag with a saviour complex' – though they soon discover they have more in common than they thought. Available via Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 9hr 41min The House of DoorsTan Twan Eng, WF Howes, 11hr 15minThis reimagining of the writer W Somerset Maugham's time in Malaysia is read by David Oakes and Louise Mai-Newberry Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion MollyBlake Butler, Audible Studios, 10hr 22minButler narrates his raw and exposing memoir about the suicide of his wife and what he learned about her after her death.
Daily Record
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Loose Women's Kaye Adams sparks outrage after 'rude' comment to co-star
Loose Women viewers were left gobsmacked after Kaye Adams made an unexpected remark on Thursday Loose Women star Kaye Adams sparked outrage after she made a "rude" comment to her co-star on Thursday (July 24). In the latest instalment of the hit ITV chat show, Kaye was joined by panellists Coleen Nolan, Judi Love and Nadia Sawalha to discuss the day's hot topics from Britain and beyond. The conversation soon veered towards their preferred bedtime attire as nightdresses have recently become all the rage in the fashion world. Coleen strutted out in a lengthy blue nightie, confessing she'd likely lounge about at home in it due to its "comfy" nature. "But I'd take it off before I got into bed," Coleen quipped, revealing herself to be a "naked sleeper", reports Belfast Live. Nadia chimed in with her own nocturnal habits, saying: "Most of my life, I wore a bra to bed every single night, and when Mark [Adderley, her husband] first met me, the first time we got together, he said to me, 'I've never met a woman who gets dressed to go to bed'." She also disclosed her penchant for wearing scarves to bed, which has become running joke in her family. "That's such a running joke about our first night together and I had a scarf wrapped around my neck about three times," she recounted. "I think I'm quite shy... It's a protection thing, it's just weird but I can't ever sleep naked... But in the last five years, I've taken my bra off and wear a nightie." As Nadia delved deeper into her story, Kaye couldn't resist steering the topic back to the scarf, before making an unexpected comment that left the studio audience gobsmacked. "I'm sorry, I just can't get over the scarf. Did you have a muff?" she inquired, to which Nadia humorously responded: "Well, I used to. The good old days." Judi and Coleen couldn't contain their laughter, prompting Kaye to swiftly transition to the competition segment. However, the programme's audience didn't share the same amusement, with many expressing their discontent on X (formerly known as Twitter). "Kaye said to Nadia, 'Have you got a muff?' Did I just hear that?" one person wrote, with another adding: "If a man had said that on tv at lunchtime?! Never usually watch and now switched off." A third said: "Can't believe Kaye's just asked that on Loose Women, what's happening?"
Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Loose Women's Coleen Nolan shares horrendous sextortion attempt that left her 'panicked'
Loose Women stars Nadia Sawalha and Coleen Nolan has opened up about the "anxiety" they felt when they received sextortion emails that claimed to have access to intimate videos of them. Speaking on Loose Women today, Nadia shared how she had received an email with the opening line, "hello pervert", which then attempted to blackmail her over alleged videos. "It said, 'We have all the videos of you having a happy time - giving yourself some alone time.' And I thought, 'I don't think I have any videos of that.' But then I went to fear again because then with deep fake, could there be?" she said. "I felt anxious. I'm a 60-year-old woman who's listened to countless podcasts about this, I know the information, I've read stuff about it, I've read terrifying stories about children killing themselves." She added: "Because I had all that information, by the time I got to the end of the email, I simply deleted the email because I knew that this was simply a phishing expedition." Coleen Nolan added that she had also received the same email and feared that someone had hacked into her phone. "Reading down, it said, 'We've got all your videos and what you've done.' I was just like, 'Please can you send them to me, I'd be interested in seeing them as I've never made one in my life.' "But it was horrendous," she added, while Nadia said: "You do feel panicked, don't you?" Coleen continued: "I knew I hadn't done the videos but had they hacked into my phone? Were they going to lie on that? They said they were going to send it to my family and my work and kids. It did click in and then I deleted it." The panel discussed the rise in sextortion after the release of Channel 4's documentary Hunting My Sextortion Scammer. The one-off film sees Rizzle Kick's star Jordan Stephens fly over 4,000 miles to confront a Nigerian sextortion scammer. In the documentary, Jordan looks into how teenage boys are being impacted by social media sextortion - where scammers trick young men into sending nude pictures of themselves before financially blackmailing them. 'Obviously I knew about scamming before but I was learning [about sextortion] in real time,' Jordan said of the investigation. 'To learn that boys are taking their own lives was heartbreaking and devastating. 'It's boys not understanding the consequences or risks of engaging online but with that panic, they can go from a normal life to not a life within half an hour and that is really scary.'
L'Orient-Le Jour
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Nâdiya: I camped with UN Peacekeepers in South Lebanon
Mr. and Mrs. Zighem have always watched Lebanese television. This Algerian couple often tuned in to LBCI and, in the 2000s, never missed an episode of the pan-Arab "Star Academy."Sometimes, to their surprise, they would see their young Nadia, energetic and proud, electrifying the audience with her martial the time, their daughter was shining in France, and even beyond. Not as Nadia Zighem, but as "Nâdiya." Why that spelling? Nâdi, in Arabic, means "the one who calls." Ya, a particle used before Allah to address him..."There you go!" smiles the artist as she provides the explanation to this predictable, slightly silly question. Mystical references slip into every answer from the singer, an icon of a generation, who is making a comeback at age from the hip-hop aesthetic of her famous...
Daily Mail
21-07-2025
- Automotive
- Daily Mail
Hertz charges Navy Sailor $935 for dent amid spiraling scandal
By Hours later, she received a message from Hertz and its new AI partner, UVeye, demanding $935: $500 for damage, and $435 in fees. The system had flagged two small dents on the passenger side. 'I know for a fact I didn't cause any of the damages,' she told 'I was primarily at my mother's house with the car parked.' Nadia's experience reflects a pattern emerging among Hertz customers. has spoken to scores of drivers who say the scanners are flagging dents, scrapes, and rim scuffs they don't recognize — and charging them with fees between $130 and $935 that are hard to refute. In April, Hertz announced its partnership with UVeye, an AI-equipped vehicle scanning company. The technology is already in use at five locations, with plans to expand in major airport-based rental spots by the end of the year. Hertz says the system improves driver safety, standardizes assessments, and catches hard-to-spot damage like undercarriage wear and tire scuffs. Independent experts said the AI scanners and the customer-facing problems they're creating are raising broader questions about automation — and what rights renters have when disputing a fee. Hertz initially told that these scanners were solely safety-focused. After customers started to complain, the company changed its tune: a spokesperson said 'fees are based on the actual losses and expenses we incur as a result of vehicle damage.' When pressed the company about its own policies, Hertz representatives have either ignored questions entirely or claimed not to understand them. Since July 2, has asked Hertz representatives five separate times to clarify whether damage charges fund actual repairs or compensate for diminished vehicle value. Hertz has still not answered this question after multiple follow-ups. When asked about company policies, Hertz representatives insisted on the publication of 'before photos' from customers rather than addressing questions about charging transparency. And as the scanners and their fees continue, more drivers are speaking out. A customer who rented from Newark Liberty International Airport shared an email thread with after receiving a $416.95 bill for 'cosmetic damage to the tire rim' from the scanner — damage he says he never noticed. 'We paid the amount only because the online claims page presented legal threats and offered no way to speak with a real person,' the driver wrote to a Hertz representative. He asked for photo documentation to share with his credit card company. The human-led damage team replied that they 'do not have access' to those files. Hertz tells that it is integrating live agents into the UVeye applications to better assist customers with similar issues. Another renter said he was charged $130 for a tiny dent on a Kia K4 sedan — even though his three-day rental only cost $116 with an AAA discount. Other drivers claimed they were charged $130 for a dent 'the size of a fingernail,' and $195 for 'a very dubious and minor ding.' The new stories mirror accusations made by at least four other drivers in the past month. In early July, Adam Foley spoke exclusively to after he received a request for $285 after driving his rented Buick through the scanners. Like every case has reviewed, Hertz offered Foley a discount if he paid the fine immediately — and directed his dispute to an AI chatbot. 'It's a shakedown that is extremely off-putting,' Foley said. 'I used to view Hertz as one of the higher tier rental companies and my default, ideal choice.' While Hertz says live agents will soon come into the app, independent experts have warned that the lack of human agents is concerning. 'It is unacceptable that a resolution with a human is not possible,' said Dr Ramnath Chellappa, a digital market expert and professor at Emory University. 'If anything, AI should be reducing the human effort in assessment and walk-through with the vehicle; therefore, it should end up offering cost savings.' Collision experts aren't even sure the scanner identified definitive damage. 'There appears to be a very minor dent visible only under enhanced lighting and reflection distortion,' Alex Black, the chief marketing officer of EpicVIN, a vehicle history report company, said after analyzing pictures Foley shared. 'It's plausible that the second fine is a reflection or a smudge, not an actual dent.' Black said he would have quoted $100 to $150 for the fix, not the $285 that Hertz had charged Foley. Every customer who spoke to about receiving a charge has said they will no longer use Hertz. The new claims also mirror accusations made to other major publications. On July 9, The New York Times interviewed a customer who was charged $195 for a small dent underneath a door handle, according to the article. 'It could have been a shadow,' Kelly Rogers, who rented the car with her husband, told the Times. 'We were pulling it up on the app, and we're like, "This is so bananas."' Another driver, identified as Patrick, told The Drive he got a $440 damage fee for a tire rash, a common scrape when motorists accidentally hit the curb when parking. Several people have also taken to Reddit to complain about the charges, including a driver who rented a Toyota Corolla, and claims they got a $190 fee for a small dent. asked UVeye about the company's involvement in assessing damage. The company hasn't responded to multiple requests for comment.
