Do rivers and trees on Borneo have legal rights? A Southeast Asian court is asked to decide, and the answer is not as simple as it might seem. In the first, second and third installments of this story set in Southeast Asia, we met a U.S.-educated Malaysian lawyer who...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. In the first and second installments of this...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the second installment in a five-part...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the first installment in a five-part...
They try to cross the Mediterranean with their families. But child migrants and refugees are at great risk of abuse, exploitation and human trafficking. The body of a 3-year–old Syrian migrant boy, Aylan Kurdi, lies on the sea shore, near Bodrum, Turkey, 2 September...
State-sponsored attacks on Myanmar’s Rohingya have created a humanitarian crisis and stoked worries of a prolonged insurgency that draws jihadists. A Rohingya woman arrives with her children at Kutupalong refugee camp after crossing from Myanmmar to the...
Since this installment was posted in October, this story has been published by Explorer’s Eye Press in “Exceptional Encounters: Enhanced Reality Tales from Southeast Asia”. It is available for purchase here. This is the third part of a four-chapter story...
France takes a stricter stance towards the Islamic veil than the U.S. Yet despite legal protections, Muslim women still face discrimination in the U.S. Pakistani women hold a banner during a rally to mark World Hijab Day and show solidarity for Muslim women in France....
By Nelson Graves There are jobs for young people interested in advocacy, they don’t necessarily pay very much, it can be a long slog, but in the end the personal satisfaction from helping others who are less fortunate can be enormous. That was one of the...
Deadly bombings have become routine in Afghanistan. Life goes on, no matter how hard. But we are tired, and we dream of peace. This is the fourth contribution by a young reader following recent deadly extremist attacks in Kabul and London. Deadly bombings have become...