Some writers describe the world as it is. Shahrnush Parsipur spent her life imagining how it might be different.

In Iran, the ‘hardliners’ are a politically powerful group who follow the strict principles of the 1979 revolution.

France’s ethnically diverse squad reflects the nation’s multi-faceted history: its colonial heritage, migration patterns and the French Football Federation’s training policy that dates back to the 1990s.

There have been notable examples of rating agencies differing significantly in their decisions on African institutions and countries.