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Why I have had it with entitled dog owners

You know the types – they let their hound jump all over you and don’t clear up after them. Bring on their poo-nishment, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

Sperm racing is all the rage among the tech bros. Why am I not surprised?

It started as a gag, but Eric Zhu’s sperm races are doing good work in putting male fertility under the microscope – literally, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025

I’ll admit it; I’ve become a late-in-life semicolon lover

Vonnegut hated them and Lincoln thought them ‘useful little chaps’. I, meanwhile, have come round to the charms of this controversial punctuation mark after years on the fence, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2025

What is the truth about Trump and Epstein? The story keeps getting murkier ...

Whatever happened between the pair, questions about their relationship are not going away. This enigma is ageing like raw milk, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025

Welcome on board this aircraft. Please return your seat to the upright position – for ever

Air rage episodes are on the rise – many sparked by seat problems. Surely Trump could use his executive overreach to impose an outright ban on recliners, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Please don’t succumb to hopelessness over Palestine. Your voice can still make a difference

As the war gets livestreamed to our phones, it is easy to be overwhelmed and feel helpless. But even small acts of activism add up, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2025

Why does the Maga elite love conspicuous cosmetic surgery?

Mar-a-Lago face is suddenly everywhere – and there is a version for both men and women, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2025

Gavin Newsom is taking the fight to Trump – but for whom is he fighting?

The California governor is one of the few Democrats who seems ready to play the president at his own game. But he also has to show voters that he has empathy and a vision for their future, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

Trump wants a big beautiful cage fight - so Ivanka is getting back in the ring

The US president’s eldest daughter has kept a low profile in his second term, so far. But a UFC match on the White House lawn could change everything, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025

Would an ‘Unsexiest Women Alive’ list be published today? Maybe not – but body-shaming is definitely back

The 90s and 00s were a toxic time to be a woman in the public eye, as Victoria Beckham has recently reminded us. Trouble is, spite and cruelty towards women never went out of fashion, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2025