ISSUE #4

Table of contents:

STREET TALK

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

STOLEN, SOLD AND LEFT TO ROT

Inside the dark afterlife of Yemen’s ancient mummies

BY Mohammed Nail Abdulgader
Translated by Nada Hodali from Arabic

THE FAMILIES THAT OWN ALL THE FISH

A mind-boggling investigation into the fishery-financial complex at the heart of Iceland’s leading industry

BY Aoalsteinn Kjartansson
Translated FROM ICELANDIC BY  Esja Alyssa Matich

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