The Transition (Образование)
автор Ruth Garnes
The elevator doors opened. I tried to swallow but I couldn’t. My stomach was filled with a million butterflies. My palms were icy cold. I had anxiously awaited this day and really did not want to...

The Fear of Loving and Being Loved (Культура)
автор Nana Yaw Boampong Sapong
For six years, Jean buried his life in the world of avant-garde artists and intellectuals. It had been six summers, winters and springs of drowning in coffee and letting the steaming mug take him...

Leaping Through My Ring of Fire (Культура)
автор Iman Ng, United States
As a native Hong Kong citizen, I had always been fascinated by this metropolis; from the incessant cacophony of traffic noises to airplanes soaring overhead, this city had “intoxicated” me with its...

Хакасия (Культура)
автор Andrei Martovsky, Russia
Я хочу рассказать вам о том регионе России, где я живу. Он называется Хакасия, расположен в Сибири, на самом её юге. Здесь есть практически всё, что может быть интересным как любителям острых...

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
автор Ben-pam Koto, Zimbabwe
As the car drove down the cart tracks towards the house I had to strain my aging eyes as I tried to figure out whose it could be or who was driving it. I could not identify either. I called Carol...

"Without Punctuation" (Свобода и самовыражение)
автор aGn
she haunts you in your dreams she carves out a space for herself in the midst of your chaos she is the definition the temptation the degradation the reclassification the totality of everything you...

Caught in a Valley (Бедность)
автор Clovis, Uganda
Here we are, down in a valley, and the way seems to be non-existent. On the surface, the circumstances that brought us to the valley are not clear. We can only see ourselves surrounded by a...

After Graduation (Образование)
автор Val, Moldova
It’s far past midnight. The somber weather vacillates between rain and snow. I’ve been watching outside the window for some hours now and still can’t figure out what it is: a slight rain or tiny...

How a Group of Women is Making a Difference in Maseno Division, Western Kenya (Детский лагерь; Права молодежи)
автор Antony Felix O. Simbowo
In Africa, Kenya and indeed, the developing world, women form about 70% of family heads and breadwinners, providing for their communities and families alike. Nowhere is this ideal more...

Moving On (Детский лагерь; Права молодежи)
автор Audrey Tangonan
It was crispy hot, one sunny summer afternoon. It was an April of 2005, and everywhere I looked seemed tinted with pale orange because of the bright sun. I was in the cemetery with my dad. He just...