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To get a stethoscope into Gaza you needed to buy a TV
How Mohammad's team found a way to bypass the Israeli blockade on essential medical equipment by assembling their own 3D printing process to manufacture the needed medical supplies in Gaza.
Brian Heap, a generous teacher and inspiring figure in Jamaican theater, dies at age 73
"He had the ability to incorporate ordinary details of Jamaican culture in his work and to turn the ordinary into something special."
Teenager with Muslim background saved over 100 people in Moscow concert hall terrorist attack
Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov, who works part-time as a cloakroom attendant, led more than a hundred people out of Crocus Concert Hall during the terrorist attack
Chad as a literary territory: Interview with francophone novelist Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry
Chad is a pivot country between North and Central Africa. It is rarely covered as a place of literature, thus Global Voices interviewed francophone novelist Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry.
In Azerbaijan authorities remain silent over the murder of a trans woman
In general, for many LGBTQI+ individuals who face discrimination and violence, there is little recourse through the police or any official judicial channels.
Guyana’s rainforests play a central role in expanded eco-tourism efforts
"Even with a lucrative timber sector, the country’s annual deforestation rate averages at about 0.06 percent — a whopping 90 per cent lower than other tropical countries."
Weibo introduces an AI ‘Comment Robot’ to boost engagement
"In the future, when you come across content leading or picking fights, you can't even tell whether the opposite side is a real person or an artificial intelligence..."
A recycled narrative of peace amid ongoing Armenia-Azerbaijan impasse
Two wars, a military operation and a deadly flare-up later, the two countries are still negotiating. At the heart of the negotiations is a bilateral agreement proposed by Azerbaijan in 2022.
A museum in Cambodia offers a safe and healing space for people traumatized by war
"We have learned that Cambodian young people are looking for meaningful possibilities to participate in their own future."
How Tanzanian artists are leading the musical renaissance in Africa
While digital platforms have helped grow the market and reach of music for African and in particular Tanzanian music, there are genuine concerns about monetization and loyalties.
‘Game changer': A Kenyan radio station is reviving a dying Indigenous language
The radio station, Sogoot, which in the Indigenous language Ogiek means 'leaves,' broadcasts in Ogiek from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily, educating and giving direction to thousands in its community.
Nigerian artist Sor Sen explores the ‘connectedness between humans and trees’
"When I see branches of a tree clustered, the intricacies, the manoeuvres and general structural organization, it reminds me of the somewhat chaotic nature of the human condition."
International Women's Day: Latin American cities protest for women's rights
Every March 8, millions of women mobilize in Latin America to be part of International Women's Day. What do they denounce? What differentiates the protests of each Latin American country?
Kyrgyzstan’s blockbuster film is a moving tale of the bond between a mother and son
According to the film’s director Ruslan Akun, its main goal is encouraging people to be merciful towards each other and do good deeds.
How Turkey’s opposition media empowers Erdoğan
President Erdoğan and his government are not the sole players in helping to consolidate the country’s democratic dismemberment. The danger comes from the very circles who despise his regime the most.
Getting to know Andria Piciau: A Q&A with a Sardinian language activist
Europe's linguistic diversity is increasingly finding a home online. Rising Voices’ @EuroDigitalLang campaign showcases narratives from language activists such as Andria Piciau, who will be sharing digital initiatives working with the Sardinian language.
A snapshot of Taiwan's Sunflower movement ten years later
In 2014, Taiwan experienced an unprecedented youth protest, known as the Sunflower Movement, that altered local politics and relations with China. What is its legacy ten years later?
Hong Kong passes controversial new security law broadly defining treason and insurrection
The city had devoted 30 days to the public consultation of the draft law during the Lunar New Year, and lawmakers had spent 12 days debating it in the LegCo.
How a German government bank financed deforestation in Paraguay
An investigation shows how the German Development Bank invested EUR 25 million in the Paraguayan Agricultural Corporation, which between 2013 and 2020 deforested at least 7,000 hectares of forests on three properties in Chaco.
In Turkey, the death of a stray cat sparks outcry
On the day of the trial, scores of animal rights activists and pet lovers (some who came in solidarity with their pets) arrived at the court building.
How the North Caucasus became one of Russia’s arms for imperial policy in Ukraine
The region may may seem loyal to the central authorities, but it took Kremlin about a hundred years of repression and killing tens of thousands of locals to achieve this.