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Heart and Soul: My sex work and my faith
Aaliyah grew up a devout Muslim but now makes adult content for the online service OnlyFans. She’s often pictured wearing a hijab. Aaliyah is her stage name. She’s had death threats but believes that…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Singing Morocco's new identity
Gnawa music is a Moroccan spiritual musical tradition developed by descendants of enslaved people from Sub-Saharan Africa. It combines ritual poetry with traditional music and dance, and is tradition…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
A new term in Myanmar
On 1st February 2021, a coup d'état began in Myanmar where the National League for Democracy was deposed by Myanmar's military. Students studying at the country’s higher education institutes were lef…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
In the Studio: France's Rugby World Cup kit
The French national team are known throughout the sporting world as "les bleus" because of their iconic kits, which echo the blue of the French national flag. French sportswear brand Le Coq Sportif…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Migrating from Africa
More than 60 people are currently feared lost at sea after trying to escape Senegal by boat for a better life in Europe. According to the UN, Africa accounts for only 14 percent of the global migrant…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Heart and Soul: 60 years since ‘I have a dream’
Baptist minister Dr Martin Luther King Jr delivered his "I have a dream" speech on 28 August 1963 to crowds of over 250,000 in Washington DC as part of the Great March, which called for jobs and free…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Belize's blue bond
In 2020 Belize was broke. Again. This small, climate-vulnerable, Central American nation is home to the western hemisphere’s longest barrier reef. And it was about to default on a debt of over half a…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP
Neurodivergent students learn, think, and process information differently than their neurotypical peers. Because of this, they often face unique challenges in the school setting. Students may struggl…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
In the Studio: Nicola Benedetti
World famous violinist Nicola Benedetti starts her new job as Director of the Edinburgh International Festival. Anna Bailey follows her as she enters unchartered territory, commissioning new works an…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
The famine at the edge of the ocean
Madagascar is experiencing its worst famine for over 30 years. With successive years of drought, this began in the country’s deep south but as successive cyclones hit Madagascar in 2022 and 2023, peo…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago