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From Madımak’s ashes to LeMan magazine, new fronts in Turkey’s culture wars

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

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Nepal’s Indigenous Bote community is caught between conservation and survival

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Sudan’s sunken heritage: The hidden story behind Egypt’s High Dam

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Khaled Khella: Egyptian independent filmmaker gives voice to a generation’s hidden pain

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What does the disappearance of ‘Nut Brother’ reveal about the plight of performance artists in China?

The artist and his collaborator are in detention for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’

Written by Oiwan Lam

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Fluid forms of home: The resilient art of Delbar Shahbaz

‘Change is painful, but renewal lies beyond it. Movement and creation help me navigate this shift’

Written by Omid Memarian

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Who makes contemporary Uyghur art in Kazakhstan?

“We are Uyghurs, and it drives us crazy”

Written by Global Voices Eurasia

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Can China overcome sustainability challenges by altering people's diets?

China's current food waste challenge is more of a production than a consumption problem

Written by Jo Carter

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The magic of travel: Three Ukrainian women writers of the 1930s

The travelogues have shaped women’s emancipation

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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What is the role of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in French-speaking Africa?

The writer placed his mother tongue on equal footing with other languages

Written by Filip Noubel, Jean Sovon

Translated by Rebecca Cluett

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A dowry tradition in Afghanistan lays a heavy burden on marriages

Young people are delaying weddings and sometimes even committing suicide when unable to cover marriage expenses

Written by Hasht-e-Subh Daily

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Landscape with healing herbs: An essay by Ukrainian writer Yulia Stakhivska

‘Do what you can, with what you have, where you are’

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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Ukraine’s Chernobyl disaster gives birth to new expressions of folklore

Culture sprouts even among ruins

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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Building home through Ukrainian libraries in Europe

‘We carry our books with us like snails carry their homes’

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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Redefining freedom of creativity in captivity: The art of Ukrainian prisoners

Ukraine has one of the highest prison populations among Council of Europe member countries

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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K'iche’ Maya glyphs to reconnect art and language: Wilmer Aram Ajú's project in Guatemala

'[It's] very important to work for the K'iche' Maya language through art, music, and painting'

Written by María Alvarez Malvido, Wilmer Aran Aju

Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

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International Reggae Day celebrates Jamaica’s iconic music by refocusing on activism and climate justice

‘Reggae music is a spirit’

Written by Emma Lewis

2 weeks ago

Ukrainian street art under supervision: The experience of monumentalist artists

It takes a lot of nerve for modern muralists to claim the ‘right to draw’

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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Vincentian-Canadian writer Chanel Sutherland, winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, says stories help acknowledge shared humanity

'This is exactly the level of craft and originality [the Prize] exists to celebrate'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 weeks ago

From whispers to bold stitches as Ivorian artist Joana Choumali explores identity and peace

‘My work helps me understand why I exist. Then I share it, and a dialogue begins’

Written by Omid Memarian

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In the '80s, some Yugoslav rockers made songs about homosexual love

Despite the progressiveness of these bands, the next decade saw a sort of reversal

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

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Neighbors come together to defend urban trees in Caracas, Venezuela

Through poetry, Caracas residents denounce the indiscriminate felling of giant rubber trees

Written by Estefanía Salazar

Translated by Rebecca Wilson

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Hundreds of women writers arrested as China extends crackdown on ‘Boys’ Love’ fantasies

Hosted in Taiwan, Haitang Literature City was founded in 2015 amid China's Crackdown on online sexual content

Written by Oiwan Lam

3 weeks ago

Battling stigma and discrimination, Malaiyaga Pride cuts a pioneering path in Sri Lanka

‘It’s about building a future where we are safe, seen and supported every single day’

Written by GroundViews

4 weeks ago

Spanish artists reimagine Picasso's Guernica against the genocide in Gaza

The pain of mothers losing children to violence is universal

Written by Melissa Vida

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