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BOOK REVIEW: Where do I Belong? by Shabibi Shah

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Where do I Belong? From Kabul to London – A Refugee’s Life by Shabibi Shah

Shabibi Shah left Afghanistan almost exactly thirty years ago – in March 1983.

The slim book, Where do I Belong?, is about Shabibi Shah’s life in Afghanistan and then as a refugee.

The tale is written with precision and in English, a language Shabibi mastered in her late forties.  She is a published poet in her own language of Dari, and is careful with words.

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Book Review: Endal by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal - How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink - by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal – How one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink – by Allen and Sandra Parton

Endal is not just about a dog.  It is about the consequences of accident and neglect, about a human relationship under stress.  It is about a traumatised military family that somehow manages to stay together long enough to be rescued by a dog.

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Review: Innocent Victims by Cathy Buckle

Innocent Victims - Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe's farm invasions by Catherine Buckle

Innocent Victims – Rescuing the stranded animals of Zimbabwe’s farm invasions by Catherine Buckle

Turmoil tore into Zimbabwe’s farms in the early 2000s, the years Mugabe’s government chose to ignite its programme of land redistribution. Thousands of animals were trapped in the mayhem that followed.

Innocent Victims tells the story of the rescues carried out by a small team from the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA). The team leader was Meryl Harrison.

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