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They Shot at Her. They Forced Her From Her Home. She Won’t Stop Fighting for Girls.

Khalida Popal helped save Afghan female soccer players from the Taliban. Now she is demanding that world soccer officials let them play for their country again.

By Juliet Macur

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¿Sería un gran error casarme con ella?

Me advirtieron que no me casara con alguien que no practicara mi fe, pero cuando Jillian se quedaba dormida en mi cama, yo lloraba, incapaz de imaginar el mundo sin ella.

By Istiaq Mian

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In Istanbul, Tombs of Religious Figures Still Draw Pilgrims

Turkey’s largest city is dotted with the tombs of religious figures, where pilgrims seek divine intervention. “When you ask for something from God, those who are beloved by God can be a go-between.”

By Ben Hubbard Gulsin Harman and Ivor Prickett

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Ireland Says Goodbye to Sinéad O’Connor

In the coastal town of Bray, south of Dublin, the site of Ms. O’Connor’s last Irish home, mourners prepared to pay their last respects to the singer.

By Ed OLoughlin