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US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Ali Akbar, who's sold newspapers on the streets of Paris for 50 years, is now a knight

Ali Akbar, a Pakistani-born newspaper hawker, remains Paris’s likely last street seller, delivering print newspapers daily despite the decline of print journalism.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Le scoop! France's last newspaper hawker celebrated with prestigious award

Ali Akbar, a 73-year-old Pakistan-born newspaper hawker, received France's National Order of Merit after more than 50 years selling newspapers across Paris.
fromThe Local France
4 months ago

Meet Ali Akbar, the last newspaper hawker in Paris

Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris, he zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital. "France is getting better!" he cries, just one of the headlines he invents to sell his wares round the upmarket streets of Saint-German-des-Pres. "(Eric) Zemmour has converted to Islam!" he shouts,
France news
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