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1. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Mark Rogers

   How a viral fad diet led to deaths across the Arab world (opens the original)

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   Surging emergency cases. Death. People abandoning their life-saving medicines. That’s what the so-called ‘tayyibat’ diet, popularized by late Egyptian Dr. Diaa al-Awadi, led to, resulting in health problems across the Arab world. The doctor advised people to avoid poultry, fresh milk, leafy green vegetables and legumes. Instead, he said, they should eat high-sugar foods and abandon supplements and other medications, including insulin. Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan sits down with reporter Heba F

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2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Mark Rogers

   Chang-Rae Lee mines personal history for new novel 'A Tender Age' (opens the original)

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   Chang-rae Lee‘s new book, “A Tender Age,” centers around 10-year-old Korean American Jeon-Gi, who navigates an eventful summer at a Korean church camp. Host Scott Tong speaks with Lee about the book, which Lee says drew on stories from his own childhood. Excerpted from “A Tender Age” by Chang-rae Lee. Copyright © 2026 by Chang-rae Lee. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. This article was originally publishe

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