When the pandemic hit and lockdowns began, my wife and I bunked down with my in-laws. The early days of life under lockdown were strange and stressful there was so much we didn’t know yet about how this virus was moving, and everything suddenly felt dangerous and off-limits. And because our movements were limited and the safest place to be was inside, away from other people, we spent more hours than usual online, losing ourselves to social media. It was then when I learned of the “museum at home” challenge, first begun by the Instagram account @tussenkunstenquarantaine and then made popular by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The challenge was to re-create a work of art using only a handful of props, and then share it online.
THEIR lives have been on hold since 2015 but last night a Pakistani family who have made Dumfries their home were celebrating after being granted leave to remain (LTR) in Scotland. It came two years after The National highlighted four years in limbo for the Saleem family – father Muhammad, his wife Razia and their daughters Saira and Fatima – after Saira, their eldest daughter, was granted LTR by the Home Office, but refused the others. She had to take time out of her studies because of the stress of the affair, but last night, Saira told The National: “We are just so relieved we’ve managed to get this all sorted out.
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A SYRIAN artist living in Scotland has said he fears his two younger sisters are depressed and worries they may take their own lives if they cannot join him. Salih Obied, who lives in Glasgow with indefinite leave to remain, fled his war-torn home country after being beaten and tortured and spent almost a year travelling in search of refuge. However, he told The National: “The first time I came to Glasgow I felt welcomed and I’m settled now.” His main worry now is that the gangs who targeted him will track down his sisters, who are aged 24 and 25.