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Selected professional writings, blogs, and published work
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“The world has forgotten about us.” For 48-year-old Rebecca Nyawal, this is what it means to be forgotten: to live with just two small beds to fit her family of seven, a small stove, a soft ground under their feet that turns into mud during the rainy season, and to boil under an iron-sheet that…
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On the night of 16 December, Angel Gelisanga crouched in the dark with her family at their home in Talisay, a city north of Negros island in the Philippines. They listened as the winds roared violently, threatening to rip off their roof. They were in the path of the strongest typhoon to hit the country…
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They refuse to be silenced by the terror that has rocked their hometown, Marawi City. In Iligan City, where thousands who fled the armed clashes have sought refuge, two displaced Maranaos are using their voice to reach out and help others like them, through a radio program airing over the city’s top radio station. To…
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Observations from Lanao del Sur on how communities navigated change. Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur – It was barely even noon, but for Farmidah Ali it felt like it has already been a long day. The mother of nine spent the whole morning attending to the needs of her big family, including an 11-month-old baby. Taking…
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The American musician’s genius didn’t stop at White Stripes. As most of us would know, he also went on to venture with other acts: as the co-frontman of the Nashville-based The Raconteurs, playing blues and folk rock alongside old-time friends; and as the drummer of the blues and psychedelic rock outfit The Dead Weather, where…
A Cat and A Crisis 