Legacy at Durham
“We all want permanence; want evidence that our years mattered…” Avesta Afshari-Mehr explores what it means to leave behind a legacy as a student.
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Coping with bereavement at university
“Some days, getting out of bed feels like an accomplishment…” Avesta Afshari-Mehr describes the experience of dealing with loss at university.
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Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi: Forward Poetry Prize review
“Reviewers of poetry and lyric often seek to either encourage or dissuade the reader from purchasing the collection itself” – Avesta Afshari-Mehr offers a critical, yet comprehensive, review of ‘Egrets, While War’.
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What is the super El Niño and why is it coming?
Avesta Afshari-Mehr explains what an El Niño event is, and the scenarios in which it can happen.
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Bill Bryson cafe “most profitable establishment of the year”
Avesta Afshari-Mehr discusses the astonishing profit margins of everyone’s favourite sweet treat temptation station.
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Durham University to run pavement awareness scheme
Avesta Afshari-Mehr reports on the University’s latest scheme to tackle Church street pandemonium
Read moreBritain’s most glorious tradition is dangerous (and cheesy)
Avesta Afshari-Mehr explains Britain’s most cheesy sporting tradition.
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Celebrating sabotage: how the Palestine Action ruling undermines the rule of law
Avesta Afshari-Mehr discusses why the High Court’s ruling on Palestine Action’s proscription threatens British security and values.
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Missing home: Tehran after nine years
“The Iran I carry in my memory was last updated nine years ago, and I am increasingly uncertain whether what I am missing still exists in the form I remember it.” Avesta Afshari-Mehr discusses the haunting beauty and eternal longing experienced by those in the diaspora.
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Walking into the unknown with Rory Stewart
“The concept of ‘elsewhere’ becomes more than a theme but becomes a necessary expansion of thought” Avesta Afshari-Mehr walks us through Rory Stewart’s ‘The Places In Between’.
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