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Five Great Reads: burnout myths busted, football doping 1960s-style, and paedophile hunting on the dark web

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20

‘I felt betrayed, naked’: did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman’s life story?

The long read: His novel was praised for giving a voice to the victims of Algeria’s brutal civil war. But one woman has accused Kamel Daoud of having stolen her story – and the ensuing legal battle has become about much more than literary ethics

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17

Algeria issues two arrest warrants for Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud

The author is accused of having used the story of a survivor of a massacre during the Algerian civil war without her consent – an accusation he denies. Daoud’s publisher denounced the “violent defamatory campaigns orchestrated by certain media close to a regime whose whose nature is well known.”

Euronews · May 8, 2025