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Anna Forsberg and Afghan craftsmen

In The News sweden

When Afghan Refugee Weavers Meet Swedish Designers

by Worldcrunch February 15, 2018May 20, 2025

The ritual has been performed every day since 1959

In The News border

Wagah The Dog? The Daily Paradox Of Pakistani-Indian Border Ritual

by Worldcrunch January 15, 2018May 20, 2025

Writing in Afghanistan

In The News culture

Afghanistan’s Female Poets Secretly Share Forbidden Words

by Worldcrunch January 11, 2018May 20, 2025

Sulemi spent 15 years in jail for his alleged role in the events of 1965.

In The News coup

When Suharto Came Knocking, Revisiting Indonesia’s Darkest Day

by Worldcrunch January 2, 2018May 22, 2025

Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak is commonly known as Toilet Man

In The News india

A Sitting Mission, Meet India’s Toilet Man

by Bertrand Hauger December 22, 2017May 21, 2025

At India's Pushkar camel fair

In The News india

Where Indian Camels Are As Sacred As Cows (But Vanishing Fast)

by Worldcrunch December 18, 2017May 21, 2025

Erdogan poster in Lahore, Pakistan

In The News education

Erdogan’s Purge Stretches All The Way To Pakistan

by Worldcrunch December 5, 2017May 20, 2025

A funeral earlier this year for a teenager killed by police in Manila .

In The News thailand

Thailand’s Lessons To Ease Deadly Crackdown In Philippines

by Worldcrunch November 29, 2017May 22, 2025

Jewelry district in Seoul

In The News south korea

Gift Or Bribe? New South Korean Graft Law Treads On Tradition

by Worldcrunch November 16, 2017May 20, 2025

Jeong Kwan says she feels a spiritual connection with the food she prepares

In The News south korea

Cooking Is Like Praying, When A Buddhist Nun Becomes A Celebrity Chef

by Worldcrunch November 9, 2017May 20, 2025

Burmese workers in Thailand

In The News thailand

In Thailand, Migrant Workers From Myanmar Find Common Ground

by Worldcrunch October 30, 2017May 20, 2025

The siege of Marawi claimed more than 1,000 lives

In The News isis

ISIS In Philippines, City Decimated By Five-Month Siege

by Worldcrunch October 25, 2017May 20, 2025

Khond women in Niyamgiri Hill, Odisha

In The News india

Forest Farming v. Cash Crops, Indigenous In India Take A Stand

by Worldcrunch October 18, 2017May 22, 2025

A shopkeeper selling herbal medicine in Kabul

In The News afghanistan

Why Ancient Herbal Medicine Is Still So Popular In Afghanistan

by Worldcrunch October 11, 2017May 20, 2025

In a classroom in Seoul, students study for an exam

In The News south korea

South Korea, Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Education?

by Worldcrunch September 26, 2017May 20, 2025

Rural Vietnam rice paddies, Ho Chi Minh City

In The News climate change

Not Just Harvey, How Climate Change Is Ruining Vietnam’s ‘Rice Bowl’

by Worldcrunch August 31, 2017May 22, 2025

Cartoonist and animator Choi Seong-gok

In The News south korea

Finding Humor In A Harrowing Escape From North Korea

by Worldcrunch August 20, 2017May 20, 2025

Rocking in the free world

In The News music

Headbangers In Hijabs: Meet Muslim Teen Girl Metal Band

by Worldcrunch July 18, 2017May 20, 2025

Witch hunt victim Chhuteney Mahato

In The News india

Surviving India’s Modern-Day Witch Hunts

by Worldcrunch July 14, 2017May 22, 2025

In India, Muslim women hold poster to protest Triple talaq divorce practice

In The News india

Muslim ‘Instant Divorce’ Takes Center Stage In India

by Worldcrunch July 7, 2017May 22, 2025

Basira Joya, 20, presents a news program at Zan TV, the first-ever all-woman television channel

In The News afghanistan

Female-Only TV Station Hits Afghanistan Airwaves

by Worldcrunch June 20, 2017May 23, 2025

Snake charming is no longer legal

In The News india

The Indian Snake Charmers Refusing To Change Their Tune

by Worldcrunch June 8, 2017May 21, 2025

Modern education in Maharashtra

In The News india

Indian School For Grandmothers Takes On Female Illiteracy

by Worldcrunch May 30, 2017May 21, 2025

General Prayut Chan-o-cha in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand

In The News thailand

Three Years After Coup, No End In Sight For Thailand’s Military Rule

by Worldcrunch May 22, 2017May 20, 2025

At the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on March 20

In The News afghanistan

Cruel Border Stories Between Pakistan And Afghanistan

by [email protected] May 12, 2017May 20, 2025

At Ladies Dhaba in Karachi

In The News women

A Space Of Her Own: Pakistan’s Ladies Dhaba

by Jillian Deutsch April 28, 2017May 22, 2025

Shadows of workers in Bangalore, India

Geopolitics india

Attacks On Africans Unmask India’s Ugly Race Problem

by [email protected] April 21, 2017May 21, 2025

About 6,000 elephants live in the wild in Sri Lanka

In The News sri lanka

A Sri Lankan Mission To Save Endangered Elephants

by Jillian Deutsch April 18, 2017May 20, 2025

Many women drive ojeks in Jakarta

In The News women

Female Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Crank Up Business In Jakarta

by [email protected] April 11, 2017May 22, 2025

Ambar mosque

In The News india

Behind India’s First Female Mosque, A Women’s Rights Champion

by [email protected] April 4, 2017May 21, 2025

Authorities in Punjab region burn seized narcotics in November

In The News india

India’s Punjab State Plagued By Opiate Addiction

by Worldcrunch Contributor March 9, 2017May 22, 2025

There are around 50,000 chicken joints in South Korea

In The News south korea

Korean Fried Chicken, How Seoul Owners Are Winging It

by [email protected] February 28, 2017May 20, 2025

In the streets of Negombo, Sri Lanka

In The News pakistan

No Escape For Traumatized Pakistani Refugees In Sri Lanka

by [email protected] February 9, 2017May 20, 2025

The Raj Mandir Cinema in Jaipur

In The News india

For Indian Moviegoers, Forced Patriotism Is Daily Feature

by [email protected] February 1, 2017May 22, 2025

Baby girl at the Mahesh Ashram orphanage

In The News india

India, Where Baby Hatches Save Newborn Girls

by [email protected] January 24, 2017May 21, 2025

Khanwali Adil protesting the enslavement of women

Geopolitics afghanistan

In Afghanistan, Fighting To End Slavery Of Virgin Girls

by [email protected] January 10, 2017May 22, 2025

Preparing gado gado

Food / Travel indonesia

Inside Indonesian Kitchens, A Story About The Archipelago

by [email protected] January 3, 2017May 22, 2025

At the Rachel House center in Jakarta

In The News care

Jakarta’s Sick Lack Palliative Care, One NGO Offers Relief

by [email protected] December 9, 2016May 22, 2025

Queuing for cash in India

In The News india

Long Lines, Black Markets: How India’s Cash Crunch Looks On Street Level

by Sruthi Gottipati November 23, 2016May 21, 2025

Sifting through e-waste in Seemapuri

In The News india

India, A Dumping Ground For Rich World’s Toxic Electronic Waste

by [email protected] November 22, 2016May 21, 2025