MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Malala: a name that inspires
MARIA DUARTE recommends a documentary on the girl who survived a Taliban attack to become a global role model
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
He Named Me Malala (PG), directed by Davis Guggenheim
5/5
THE youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai made the headlines when at just 15 she was shot by the Taliban on a school bus for actively campaigning for girls’ education in Pakistan.
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