Asia

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...

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....

Tehran: The price of now; spiralling inflation and currency collapse

The price of yesterday's bread is already a distant memory. Explore the dark humor and quiet desperation of a trapped society watching its currency endlessly collapse....

Lebanon’s slow motion “cancer tsunami”

Rising cancer rates expose a web of pollution and public health failure in Lebanon In an in-depth report for An-Nahar, journalist Laila Girgis examines the sharp increase in cancer cases...

Forest and faith in Mentawai

How Indigenous life and spirituality remain bound to forests undergoing ecological and political pressure in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands In this extensively reported feature for Ekuatorial, journalist Dewantoro documents the lives of...

When greed erases cultural memory

A battle over the fate of the iconic Théâtre de Beyrouth has laid bare a broken legal system that consistently privileges investor greed over the cultural memory of a city that...

The truth behind Korea’s “voluntary ghetto”

Incheon’s Chinatown looks like a fun day out – but culture researcher Park Mi-Sook argues it’s one of the most revealing sites in Korea for understanding how the state has...

Slow death in Diyala

Illegal landfills in eastern Iraq expose residents to toxic smoke and disease as environmental laws go unenforced. Published by Daraj and reported by Tamara Emad, Istabraq Al‑Zubaidi, and Israa Tariq, this investigation...

The cyberslaves of Bamban

A daring escape from a Philippine scam compound exposes the global system of digital fraud built on torture, corruption and modern slavery In a joint investigation for Danish newspapers Jyllands-Posten and Politiken, journalists...

When the whistleblower becomes the prisoner

How a Chinese videographer who documented Xinjiang’s detention facilities found himself facing deportation from the United States It begins as a story of journalistic daring, and a dramatic escape. But...

What does support for a slain rebel tell us about India today?

As thousands mourn a slain rebel in Bastar, the report asks whether the state can kill a movement without addressing the conditions that gave it life Narrated by Rachana for Khabar...

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