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Rotten in the Welfare State

Sally Jensen

Denmark sounds the death knell for immigrant neighborhoods

  • Europe
  • Scandinavia
  • Government
  • Race

Sweden’s Ice Swimming Renaissance

Josefin Olevik
photography by Sara Mac Key

Jumping In

  • Europe
  • Scandinavia
  • Sports
  • Swimming

Crayfish Culture

Brett Martin

A celebration of crustacean consumption

  • Europe
  • Scandinavia
  • Culture
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Stranger Sounds: Tehran

Stranger’s Guide

A Spotify playlist featuring songs from the Golden Age of Persian Popular Music

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • Music

Keeping Up with the Fereshteh Crowd

Aeen Norouzi

It's nouveau riche versus old money in Tehran's toniest neighborhood

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • City Life

Windows

Farnaz Haeri

In Tehran, all windows have curtains—some firmly drawn

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • City Life

Down and Out in Tehran

Mohammad Tolouei

“Brother, what’s with you? You act like a beginner. All of Tehran knows by now what you’re looking for.”

  • Iran
  • Middle East
  • Tehran
  • City Life
  • drugs

Getting Lost in a Virtual Tehran

Ali Araghi

"Those dots, for some time, were my little digital airports, my virtual landing strips."

  • Iran
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  • Tehran
  • City Life
  • drugs

Nollywood: The film industry where women call the shots

Daniel Okechukwu
photography by Andrea Frazzetta

"Access allows you to have a voice on-screen. Access allows you to put more women in the room.”

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Colonialism
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  • Women

Never-before-translated vignettes on city-life by a young Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez, translated by José Vargas

The Street: Bogotá, 1960

  • Bogotá
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My Sensational Drama Queen

Juli Delgado Lopera

An ode to Bogotá

  • Bogotá
  • Colombia
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Mujeres Cafeteras

SG Studios

Colombian women have always been integral to coffee farming. A new program is helping them become businesswomen in their own right.

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  • Huila
  • South America
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