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Maryam Sahinyan was a famed photographer who is considered the first woman studio photographer in Turkey.She was of Armenian descent.Maryam Şahinyan was born at Sahinyan Konası, now known as the Camlı kosk in the city center of Sivas, Turkey.Her grandfather, Agop Sahinyan Pasa, was the representative of Sivas in the first Ottoman Parliament established in 1877.After the Armenian Genocide of 1915, at the age of 4, Maryam Sahinyan escaped to Istanbul via Samsun leaving behind many assets such as the Sahinyan Konak, 5 flour mills, and large amounts of real estate.The family settled in the Harbiye district of Istanbul and soon adjusted to a new lifestyle under the Republican Era of the Turkish Republic. She attended the local Armenian school Esayan. Maryam Sahinyan's father Mihran was avidly interested in photography. In 1933 he began to work for the Galatasaray Photography Studio in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul. In 1936, Maryam's mother Dikranuhi died a sudden death and left the family financially strained. Due to these circumstances, Maryam was forced to dropout of the French School Sainte-Pulcherie she attended in order to help her father out in the studio. By 1937, in order to assist the financial burden of the family, she started managing the studio independently. Maryam Şahinyan managed the studio until 1985. She died at her home on Hanımefendi Sokak in 1996 and is buried in Sisli Armenian Cemetery.Sahinyan left behind a photographic archive made up of approximately 200,000 images. Maryam Sahinyan is considered the first woman photographer in Turkey.She knew French, Italian, Armenian and Turkish.

A Moroccan court has rejected an appeal against the prison sentences of activists who demonstrated against corruption and unemployment. Dozens of people stood outside the Casablanca court demanding the prisoners' immediate release ahead of the ruling. The authorities have accused the activists of being separatists. Protests rocked the North African country in 2016 and 2017 after the death of a local fishmonger. Mohcine Fikri was crushed to death by a rubbish lorry in the city of Al-Hoceima as he tried to protect his fish, which had been confiscated by the police. His death in October 2016 prompted a wave of anger, with thousands taking to the streets accusing authorities of abuse of power and corruption. The so-called Hirak movement spread throughout the northern Rif region, and about 400 people were detained - drawing further demonstrations. Fugitive Morocco protest leader arrested Morocco protest over arrested activist In June 2018, courts sentenced the leader of the movement, Nasser Zefzaki, to 20 years in prison, with the same term for activists Ouassim El Boustati and Samir Ghid. Others were given sentences of up to 15 years behind bars. Now, the courts have rejected an appeal against the sentences. Relatives of those arrested reportedly chanted "corrupt state" and "long live the people" outside the court house once the decision was announced. Mr Zefzaki was a finalist in 2018 for the Sakharov Prize, which honours people who fight for human rights. A group of MEPs sent a letter to Morocco's justice minister on Wednesday urging the country to immediately release Mr Zefzaki and the other detained protesters.

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French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a panel of experts to investigate France's role in Rwanda's genocide 25 years ago. An estimated 800,000 Rwandans, most from the minority Tutsi community, were killed by ethnic Hutu extremists over 100 days in 1994. Rwanda has accused France of complicity in the mass killings - a charge repeatedly denied by Paris. The experts will now consult archives to analyse France's role. Looking at the period from 1990 to 1994, it is hoped that the findings made by the eight historians and researchers will "contribute to a better understanding and knowledge" of what happened, the presidency said in a statement. Rwanda's 100 days of slaughter France was a close ally of the Hutu-led government of Juvenal Habyarimana prior to the massacres.It was the shooting down of his plane over the capital Kigali in April 1994 that triggered the genocide. Rwanda has accused France of ignoring or missing warning signs and of training the militias who carried out the attacks. It also says French forces helped some of the perpetrators to escape. The issue has long strained relations between the two countries, though they have improved over the past decade. Mr Macron turned down an invitation to attend genocide commemorations in Rwanda this weekend, citing scheduling problems.

Aima Baig (born 10 March 1995) is a Pakistani singer and scriptwriter. She is best known for her work on Lahore Se Aagey (2016) and Dunya News' Mazaaq Raat, appearing on the latter as co-host from 2015 to 2017.TV anchor Mubashir Lucman, with whom she sung a cover of "Summer Wine", is her uncle, and she has written the script for his next film.016 Lahore Se Aagey "Kalabaz Dil" Shiraz Uppal "Befikriyan" "Ehle Dil" 2017 Balu Mahi "Balu Mahi" Na Maloom Afraad 2 "Kaif o Suroor" Shani Arshad Verna "Lafzon Main Kharabi Thi" Shuja Haider Arth 2 "Hone Do" Chupan Chupai "Sadqa" Adnan Dhool 2018 7 Din Mohabbat In "Yunhi Rastay Mai" Shuja Haider co-singer Ali Sethi; lyrics by Piyush Mishra.Na Band Na Baraati "Pyar Wyar" Teefa in Trouble "Item Number" Naqash Haider co-singer with Ali Zafar "Chan Ve" Ali Zafar, Naqash Haider "Sajna Door" Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 "Aya Lariye" Shuja Haider co-singer Naeem Abbas Rufi, Shuja Haider The Donkey King "Be Adab Be Mulahiza" Majid Raza, Asrar co-singer Asrar.Television 2016 Intezaar "Main Tenu Samjhawan Ki" Sahir Ali Bagga 2017 Ishq Aatish Hai "Ishq Aatish Hai" Imam Zamin "Imam Zamin" co-singer with Sahir Ali Bagga lyrics by Sabir Zafar Adhi Gawahi "Adhi Gawahi" co-singer with Naveed Nashad lyrics by Mubashir Hasan Pagli "Ek Pagli Hai Ye" co-singer Asim Azhar Aik Thi Raniya "Aik Thi Raniya" Naveed Nashad co-singer with Ahmed Jahanzeb; lyrics by Mubashir Hasan Khudgharz "Ye Jag Khudgarz Bara" Sahir Ali Bagga 2018 The Morning Show ARY News Mere Bewafa "Duhaiyan" co-singer Agha Ali Romeo Weds Heer "Romeo Heer" Sahir Ali Bagga (also co-singer)

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Most cannabis sold on the streets of Madrid is contaminated with dangerous levels of faecal matter, a study says. Traces of E.coli bacteria and the Aspergillus fungus were found by analysts who examined 90 samples bought in and around the Spanish capital. The samples that were wrapped up in plastic "acorns" were the worst offenders, reportedly because of the way they are smuggled into the country. Some 40% of these also had the aroma of faeces, the study's lead author said. Buying, selling and importing cannabis is against the law in Spain, as is using it in public - although it is technically legal to grow it for personal use, provided it is not publicly visible, and to consume it in private. How was the study carried out? José Manuel Moreno Pérez, a pharmacologist from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, collected samples of cannabis directly from street dealers, both in the city and the surrounding suburbs, to determine whether the drugs sold were suitable for human consumption. His research team then separated the contaminated samples by shape, with some of them resembling "acorns" and others "ingots", to see if one shape had more contaminates than the other. The study, co-authored with Pilar Pérez-Lloret, Juncal González-Soriano and Inmaculada Santos Álvarez, has been published in the journal Forensic Science International. What were the findings? They found that 93% of the acorn-shaped samples contained dangerous levels of E.coli bacteria, as did 29.4% of the ingot samples. Some 10% of the cannabis samples were also contaminated with Aspergillus, a dangerous fungus that can cause serious health problems. Most of the samples tested - 88.3% - were not suitable for consumption. Image SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Image caption Coloured scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (E.coli) 0157:H7 Mr Pérez later explained the contamination - and the smell - to the Spanish newspaper El País. The acorns, he said, were more likely to be contaminated because of how they were brought into the country - the cannabis is wrapped up in small plastic pellets and swallowed before the drug smugglers then "take a laxative and expel" them in a toilet. These are then sold by dealers. Apart from being unpleasant, what are the health risks? According to the study, the risks associated with E.coli and Aspergillus are serious enough to make the illegal street vending of hashish "a public health issue". The E.coli infection, for example, can cause diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pains, fever, and blood in faeces - and for some people this can then lead to even more serious conditions. Potent cannabis 'increases risk of psychosis' Health risks of recreational cannabis Meanwhile, inhaling Aspergillus mould can cause serious problems for people who already have lung conditions, like asthma or cystic fibrosis, or in people who have low immunity. The study says this is particularly dangerous for cancer patients, who sometimes smoke cannabis to help with the symptoms of chemotherapy. "These patients have a weakened immune system, meaning that an infection caused by the consumption of contaminated or adulterated hashish could be fatal," it adds.