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The first thing I did after immigrating to the United States in 1988 at 16 was hide my identity. Being from Lebanon felt shameful, partly due to the ongoing civil war there at the time and the negative stereotypes influenced by political tensions in the region.Cognisant of these issues, my dad, who had abandoned my mum and me in Lebanon when I was three years old to start a new life in Detroit, insisted I assimilate as quickly as possible once I joined him.His motives seemed valid. He wanted to protect me from being bullied or discriminated against in high school. He also did not believe in living with a hyphenated identity.Eager to please him and tired of hearing him ask why it was taking me so long to learn English, I began to transform into an all-American teenager. In the process, I didn’t just assimilate; I erased myself.  It took three decades and a midnight call from thousands of miles away to change all

Actor Helen Mirren once told People magazine that she thinks ageing and all the changes that come with it are something to embrace rather than try to hide. “I think women were just so terrified of having white or grey hair because it immediately puts them into a different category,” she said. “And of course, you are in that age group. I’m sorry, but you are! So, why not just embrace it, go along with it, and welcome it? Make it a positive thing as opposed to a negative thing.” For some, it’s a tough pill to swallow, but ageing is inevitable and happens to all of us. Throughout our l

Peter Murrell is the estranged husband of former SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon.Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been remanded into custody after pleading guilty to embezzling £400,310.65 from the party at the High Court in Edinburgh.The 62-year-old, who is the estranged husband of former SNP leader and Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, admitted the charges on

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Nigel Farage and Elon Musk in happier times at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Nigel Farage has hit out at Elon Musk for backing a rival right-wing party in next month’s crucial Makerfield by-election.The Reform UK leader accused the X owner of trying “to split the right of British politics” by supporting Rupert

Reform candidate Robert Kenyon.A Reform UK MP has condemned his own party’s candidate in a crunch by-election over an offensive post on X about Carol Vorderman.Robert Kenyon, who is going head-to-head with Labour’s Andy Burnham to be the new MP for Makerfield, made the remark on one of his now-deleted accounts on the social media platform.Reform MP Danny Kruger was told about the contents of the post by Today pro

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a MILAN, a Franco-German anti-tank missile system, during a drill close to the frontline on the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region.Vladimir Putin has been warned it could take Russia 140 years to reach Kyiv because of the slow pro

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President Donald Trump speaks at Rockland Community College, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Suffern, N.Y. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)A retired Major General in the British Army has warned that a proposed peace deal between America and Iran “looks like defeat” for Donald Trump.Military expert Chip Chapman’s comments came as an agreement between the two countries to end the conflic