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Category Archives: Features
‘No stopping us’: The Black women fighting for Breonna Taylor
A cadre of Black women in Louisville is honouring Taylor’s legacy by giving back to their communities.
Reporter’s Notebook: Protests in Senegal ‘took me by surprise’
Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reflects on demonstrations that rocked Senegal following the arrest of Ousmane Sonko.
In Assam, ban on state-run madrassas may force girls to drop out
Activists fear mass dropout of female Muslim students as madrassas are converted into general schools in India's Assam.
How Portugal silenced ‘centuries of violence and trauma’
There has been little acknowledgment of Portugal's role in the transatlantic slave trade - until now.
Project Force: Hypersonic weapons and the new space race
Military powers around the world are taking conflict technology to the next frontier - outer space.
‘I want answers’: Six years on, Itai Dzamara’s wife undeterred
Zimbabwean activist has not been seen since March 2015 disappearance, days after urging leader Robert Mugabe to quit.
The 97-year-old Sikh grandmother feeding London’s homeless
As a baby she was left to die on a rubbish dump. Now, she is determined to help others for as long as she can.
Meet Mogadishu’s first female rickshaw taxi driver
Saynab Abdikarin has ventured into an industry that was exclusively male-dominated in conservative Somalia.
Why you must still wear a mask after having a COVID-19 vaccine
Dr Khan explains you can still transmit the virus after your first vaccination, so don’t stop obeying the rules.
British South Asians suffer heavy toll as coronavirus surges
Ethnic minority communities in the UK, hard-hit by the pandemic, have been forced to adapt how they say farewell.
‘Not French enough’: What it means to be an immigrant in France
Immigrants bear the burden of having to prove, again and again, that they are worthy of their spot.
Gaza’s first digital archive documents rich cultural history
Multi-dimensional platform documents Gaza's historical buildings and heritage sites in English and Arabic.
‘You can carry on or give up’: Families living with rare diseases
What happens when your child is diagnosed with a disease so rare that few doctors understand it?
Why Black History Month makes me feel like a failure
I feel I'm letting my ancestors down by how little I know about them, but I'm learning from those making history now.
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
From fleeing for political reasons to looking for an adventure, Zimbabweans share why they left their home country.
What are the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines?
Doctor Amir Khan explains what to expect after getting a coronavirus vaccine.
Dying to swim in Chicago: Race riots and the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919
How the drowning of a Black boy led to two weeks of racist violence and exposed the segregation at the heart of Chicago.
In Naples, Muslim families struggle to bury coronavirus victims
Naples does not have a Muslim cemetery and with travel restrictions, transporting bodies has become more challenging.
Is it safe for pregnant women to have a COVID-19 vaccine?
This is how the coronavirus, and the new vaccines, may affect pregnancy, breastfeeding, sperm counts and fertility.