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A woman in traditional Chuvash clothes takes a photo of her friends using a smartphone during the Chuvash festival ‘Akatuj’ held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, by the Сhuvash diaspora, June 2, 2019. Author: Zakharov Oleg. (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED) Novaya Vkladka, an independent Russian media outlet, has published an article about Yuman Yentimirov, a resident of Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic in Russia, who has launched a project to popularize his native language. An edited version of the article is republished on Global Voices with permission from Novaya Vkladka. Together with other e...
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Image of Aladdin from the live action Disney movie “Aladdin.” Screenshot from the official trailer on Walt Disney Studios‘ YouTube channel. Fair use. This article was written by Zizi Shusha, and was originally published in Raseef22 on January 29, 2024. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. The ongoing Israeli war on Gaza has brought to light a number of complex questions that are likely to persist for years. Among these is the imagined image of the East and of the Arab people in the Western mind. In his Time Magazine article “Gaza and the End...
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Poster of the film “Beyish enenin tamanynda” (Heaven is beneath mother's feet). Screenshot from video “Эрлан Андашев – Апа (“OST БЕЙИШ-ЭНЕНИН ТАМАНЫНДА”)” on Erlan Andashev‘s YouTube channel. Fair use. On March 1, a new Kyrgyz movie called “Beyish enenin tamanynda” (Heaven is beneath mother's feet) premiered at movie theaters in Kyrgyzstan. The film tells the story of 35-year-old Adil, whose intellectual growth has stopped at the level of an 8-year-old, and his 75-year-old mother, Raykhan. The viewers are invited to follow their journey as Adil pulls his mother on a cart to take her all the wa...
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‘The Zone of Interest’ director Jonathan Glazer condemns Israel-Hamas war in Oscar speech. 11 March 2024. Screenshot from a video by NBC News. Fair use This article was originally published in the New Arab on March 11, 2024. It is republished on Global Voices as part of a content partnership agreement. The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer slammed the misuse of “Jewishness” and the denounced the war in Gaza on Sunday, during his acceptance speech as he picked up an Academy Award, better known as an Oscar, for Best International Film. Glazer, who was joined on stage by producer James Wi...
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A scene in the film Mentega Terbang. Screenshot from the YouTube trailer of the film. Anomalist Production. Fair use The Malaysian indie film “Mentega Terbang” was first screened in 2021 but was banned in September 2023 by the Home Ministry for being “contrary to public interest.” In January 2024, the film’s director and producer were charged under Section 298 of the Penal Code for “hurting religious feelings.” If found guilty, they could receive one year of jail sentence, a fine, or both. Artists and human rights groups have condemned the ban and the blasphemy charge. The 104-minute film tell...
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The Independence Monument in Togo's capital, Lomé. Photo by Jean Sovon. Used with permission. There are two national languages designated in Togo's constitution: Éwé and Kabyè, which belong to the large Niger-Congo language family. Paradoxically, however, it is another language, Mina, also called Gen, that's been proven to be the language most widely spoken in the country. There are more than 50 languages spoken in Togo, a country with a population of more than 9 million. In 1975, two languages, Éwé, which is spoken in the south, and Kabyè, spoken in the north, were adopted as Togo's national ...
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