ISSUE #2

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STREET TALK

Translator listens in to the word on the street in cities around the world.

WHEN HATE REACHES THE SCHOOL GATES

Guro Middle School is on the frontline of a war on immigrants waged by Korea’s far-right.

By: Kim Young-hwa- Asia, South Korea – Translated from: Korean
A RAILWAY BUILT ON SAND

The crumbling foundations of the Greek railway system.

By: Eurydice Bersi – Europe, Greece – Translated from: Greek
DIGITISING URDU’S CASCADING CALLIGRAPHY

An interview with Abeera Kamran and Zeerak Ahmed, by Sophia Smith Galer.

By: Sophia Smith Galer – Asia, Pakistan – Translated from: English
REFUGEES WELCOME

A journalist catches up with the “nicest people” in the far-right, anti-immigrant German AfD party – people with an immigrant background themselves.

By: Oliver Gehrs – Europe, Germany – Translated from: German
GAMING BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN

From the Rubik's Cube to Ecco the Dolphin: meet the programmers from Hungary and former Comecon countries who helped shape a generation of video games.

By: Tamás Beregi – Europe, Hungary – Translated from: Hungarian
THE GARDENS OF BABUR: KABUL’S LAMENT

From winter in Afghanistan, Abdul Bacet’s photo essay reflects on the history of the Gardens of Babur in Kabul.

By: Tamás Beregi – Europe, Hungary – Translated from: Hungarian
THE LAST GLASS EELS

A slippery tale of human greed, climate change and the mysteries of the deep.

By: Isaiah Invernizzi – Europe, Italy – Translated from: Italian
MONEY, MEDICAL ABUSE, AND THE FEMALE BODY

How Romania’s medical industry profits from women’s bodies through procedures lack- ing scientific evidence – some funded by public healthcare, others costing thousands of euros in private clinics.

By: Luiza – VasiliuEurope, Romania – Translated from: Romanian
WHISPERS FROM THE CAPE FLATS

A searing, child’s-eye view of apartheid-era South Africa.

By: Charmaine Africa – Africa, South Africa – Translated from: Kaaps/Afrikaans
A SHAMAN’S SURVIVAL IN MODERN CHINA

In a China racing toward the future, one reluctant young shaman fights to honour the ancient spirits that refuse to let him go.

By: Yuqing Huang – Asia, China – Translated from: Chinese