From beats to ballots: What political rap lyrics tell us | Music
What role has hip-hop played in activism? From the 1980s, hip-hop has essentially enabled marginalised voices to break through to the mainstream. The song Girl […]
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Month of giving: Syrians in Ethiopia keep Ramadan iftar tradition alive | Religion
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Images of old Damascus and Aleppo adorn the walls of a modest restaurant tucked into Bole Michael, a working-class neighbourhood near […]
Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back? | Women’s Rights News
Islamabad, Pakistan – On a pleasant February afternoon in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the sound of strumming guitars fills a small bedroom in a two-storey home […]
African Art Renaissance: Voices from the continent and the diaspora | Arts and Culture
Exploring contemporary African art with three influential women bridging the continent and its global diaspora. In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, we delve […]
Art as survival: Gaza’s creators transform pain into protest | Israel-Palestine conflict
Amid the rubble of destroyed homes and the echoing booms of air strikes, Gaza’s artists sit with brushes in hand, transforming despair into defiance. Flour […]
‘Screaming because of the pain’: Salman Rushdie recounts stabbing at trial | Crime News
Novelist Salman Rushdie has described the moment a knife-wielding attacker stormed on stage and attempted to kill him in a frenzied attack that left him […]
Why has Pakistan’s Punjab province imposed a complete ban on kite flying? | Arts and Culture
Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province has imposed a complete ban on kite flying before the centuries-old Basant festival – which marks the arrival of spring […]
From street names to textbooks, Senegal is rewriting French colonial memory | Arts and Culture News
Dakar, Senegal – On a weekday at Dakar’s open-air Fass Market, traders call out in a rhythmic buzz as some buyers approach from a nearby […]
Trial of Salman Rushdie attacker to launch with tricky jury selection | Islamophobia News
Hadi Matar, 26, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the elderly writer during a 2022 lecture. The trial of a man who attacked Indian-British author Salman […]
Does ‘cancel culture’ help or hinder free speech? | TV Shows
Today on The Stream: Has the line between accountability and censorship blurred with the rise of cancel culture? While some see cancel culture as a powerful […]