Each of these books tells a powerful and emotional story, just like A House Without Windows. They highlight the struggles and strength of women, the fight for justice, and the courage to overcome ...

At times, it feels like Geremy Jasper wasn’t sure what to do after all that setup or how to make the film exciting, settling for a generic, dull film inspired by Greek mythology. There is little ...

In his seminal work, ‘The Republic’, the renowned Greek philosopher ... Today, Okpoko, the largest slum east of the Niger, is now a new haven, a signature of Soludo’s urban regeneration.

The mass of shanties on the sixth floor of a landmark is no Tower of David, the skyscraper that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave slum-dwellers, but it is home to many families for decades The City of ...

Dhaka's sprawling slums have long been a symbol of hardship, but a worsening crisis is now intensifying the struggles of their residents — the alarming rise of drug addiction. A field visit to various ...

In the slums of Wakaliga, on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, an independent film studio has been defying norms for 20 years. With shoestring budgets, Wakaliwood produces action and ...

In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...

One of the world's greatest novelists, Salman Rushdie has won many prestigious international literary awards and was knighted ...

I’m the head of CFK Africa, a nongovernmental organization that empowers youth and fights extreme poverty in Kenyan slums. The sudden dismantling of USAID means lives are being disrupted ...

Civil Police officer Felipe Monteiro, 45, was flying over Vila Aliança, a slum on the west side of the city, when gang members opened fire on the aircraft. Monteiro was rushed to Miguel Couto ...

Sitting on the fringes of the Moroccan desert, the mountainous region of Ait Baamrane receives little rainfall. But what it does get in abundance, and for six months of the year, is dense fog sweeping ...

As climate change has made India’s summers more extreme, Ahmedabad has suffered temperatures in excess of 46°C. In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 ...