Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Sorry Kamala. Nobody thinks you are a strong leader (NY Post)
Ron DeSantis, Man of the Moment in America (Spiked)
Historic tipping point in EU-China relations (Arab News)
How China learned to love the Bomb (Engelsberg)
The History behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Smithsonian)
The 1968 expulsion of Jews from Poland (TOI)
Thread: The Book Market of Baghdad (Bayt Al Fann)
On India-Pak cultural ties (Fifty Two)
When Jamaican Slaves rebelled on Christmas Day (Jacobin)
Invictus in an Albanian Jail (Baffler)
History: Becoming Jinnah (Dawn)
Thread: Churchill didn’t cause the Bengal Famine (Andreas Koureas)
The Seven Women of Mohenjadaro (LHI)
Thread : 12 Days of Christmas (Cultural Tutor)
Obituary: Pele (Open)