The deq tattooist: Preserving the ink of a disappearing culture
AJ Longreads8 Jan 2023

The deq tattooist: Preserving the ink of a disappearing culture

In Diyarbakır, Turkey, a 24-year-old woman is documenting an ancient practice and making it popular among a new generation.

Written by Jaclynn Ashly.

Read by Erica Sand.

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The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation'

The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation'

We’re in Georgia where the village territory of Khurvaleti is increasingly affected by Russian forces demarcating the 'border' of breakaway state South Ossetia. Written by Clément Girardot with contributed reporting by Tamar Kalandadze. Read by Pete Ferrand.

3 Juli 202222min

The refugees cast adrift in the Mediterranean

The refugees cast adrift in the Mediterranean

Katy Fallon spent months reporting on the Greek islands in the Eastern Aegean. Once praised for welcoming thousands of refugees...it's now become a place of widespread reports of human rights violations.  Written and read by Katy Fallon.

26 Juni 202217min

The mystifying rise of suicide in Pakistan’s Thar Desert

The mystifying rise of suicide in Pakistan’s Thar Desert

Suicides have spiked dramatically in the historically remote region. Is breakneck social change to blame? Written and read by Alizeh Kohari.

19 Juni 202225min

'A healing journey': Residential school survivors and the Church

'A healing journey': Residential school survivors and the Church

Pope Francis has apologised for the Roman Catholic Church's involvement in Indigenous residential schools in Canada. For more than 160 years children were abused in Canada’s residential school system. More than 60 percent of them were run by the Catholic Church. But following the pope's apology, can survivors forgive? Written by Brandi Morin. Read by Laura Lockwood.

12 Juni 202214min

Poland-Belarus border: The people pushed back in a Polish forest

Poland-Belarus border: The people pushed back in a Polish forest

In Poland, a tale of two borders. On the Belarusian border, refugees face pushbacks and detention. Written and read by Nils Adler

5 Juni 202225min

LGBTQ Ukrainians and Russians find solidarity in Berlin

LGBTQ Ukrainians and Russians find solidarity in Berlin

As activists highlight risks for LGBTQ community, Germany’s Quarteera welcomes Ukrainian refugees and Russian exiles. Written by Gouri Sharma. Read by Emma Jones.

29 Maj 202220min

Worlds apart: 24 hours with two refugees in Poland

Worlds apart: 24 hours with two refugees in Poland

An Iraqi Kurd and a Ukrainian, part of families with young children, take us through a day in their lives as refugees. This story is written by Amandas Ong and Nils Adler.

22 Maj 202230min

The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge

The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge

Michael Kotutwa Johnson is on a mission to show that millennia of Native American land practices can provide valuable lessons for growing food and sustaining the Earth. Written by Jane Palmer. Read by Laura Lockwood.

15 Maj 202224min