resistance

Venice is a video game

How the smart-city dream collides with the lagoon’s unruly, ungovernable heart In this essay for Domani, Stefano Dealessandri explores a Venice that is no longer just a city, but a playable...

When memory is resistance: a daughter remembers Columbia’s violent history

Natalie Munevar’s story of her father’s enforced disappearance exposes the enduring wounds of Colombia’s political violence. Through memory, she demands justice and confronts the silence imposed by fear and impunity...

One must cultivate one’s own garden

In a working-class suburb of Paris, a decades-old allotment area is under threat. The fight to save the Jardins ouvriers des Vertus is more than just a tussle between gardeners...

Influencers in the Apocalypse

A former French cultural attaché in Jerusalem profiles Gaza’s Instagram influencers and content creators, showing how their activities shape the war, report on its horrors and provide a window onto...

Young People to the Rescue in Turkey?

Mass protests in Istanbul have rekindled old notions about the role of young people in political resistance to authoritarianism – but just below the surface there’s anxiety and fragmentation On...

Following the Flowers in Yemen

A journalist follows Yemen’s nomadic beekeepers as they hold the pressures of climate, deforestation and war at bay Recommended by: Abdirahim Saeed The thorny Sidr tree, scattered throughout Yemen, is...

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