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Elio Ferrarios

Warabi: The world arrives at my hometown

Reflections from a recent émigré from Japan's international town
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Amdo: The Wings of Tibetan Hip Hop

The Tibetan rap song that took over the Chinese internet
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Nairobi: The daily chant of political resistance

New words emerge to describe, in slang, the memes and forms of expressing political opinions: terms filled with truth and demands
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Baalbek: A café of one’s own

In a bright café and library on the Syrian border, women gathered to share stories free from the presence of men.
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Karachi: Surveillance, panic and chaos

The price the people pay for safer streets
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Kyoto: Zen and the art of being a tour guide

Amid the quiet beauty, a local tour guide contemplates Buddhist philosophy and overtourism to find a sense of balance
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Gaza: How genocide has transformed the daily lexicon

Every day, Gaza's vocabulary changes – words take on new meanings as reality is reconfigured by violence
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Bangalore: Many tongues, one fare

An unfiltered view of of the city from the backseat of a taxi cab
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Belfast: The politics of bilingual signs in Northern Ireland’s capital

In a fiercely divided city, language remains a bitter sectarian battleground
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Dublin: The quiet revival of Irish on the streets of the city

Returning home, a Dubliner abroad reconnects with the Irish language
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Jakarta: The price of belonging in Indonesia’s restless city

In a city where nothing is free, residents daily reckon with the cost of grief
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Hanoi: The scent of memory in Vietnam’s river-nested capital

Mapping the city and treasured memories through its smells
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