Sifan Hassan remembers it well, three years ago in Tokyo as she attended the Olympics closing ceremony after pulling off a famous treble of medals in the 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m. The Dutch ...

“Nothing is thoroughly real, therefore everything is permitted” – Hassan I. Sabbah, Persian leader of the assassins, in Vladimir Bartol’s novel Alamut. Even if it had the lifespan of a ...

"The Assassins," or "El-Hashashin" in Arabic, recounts the story of Hassan-i Sabbah, the controversial founder of an offshoot Shiite Muslim sect known for bloody political assassinations during ...

The Kenyan great was reminiscing with Hassan’s compatriot Abdi Nageeye, who had just won silver, and Hassan found herself in awe of the pair. There was “jealousy” even, and despite her own ...