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„Shish Kebab Requiem“ – a Georgian rap album about big girls and deadly streetfood

Georgian artists Kordz and DRO have created an ironic collage of pop culture references on a journey through four centuries of music. The new album „Shish Kebab Requiem“ is a testament to the mad creativity of Tbilisi’s music scene, which is much more than just techno and Bassiani. Talk about…

Hoffnung und Repressionen – Ein Wochenende bei den Protesten in Minsk

Peaceful protests and police violence, hope and fear, courage and apathy – on my trip to Minsk, I encountered the different shades of Belarus in turmoil. While the young generation seems like a guarantee for change, there is a danger that apathy might return to Belarus. Supermarkets where you could…

How a descendant of Moldovan holocaust survivors is dealing with her family’s trauma

Faina is a political activist originally from Moldova, now living in Paris, running an NGO for lesbian refugees called “Lesbians Beyond Borders” (Les Lesbiennes Dépassent Les Frontières). Here she is seen standing in her little apartment in the 20th Arrondissement, next to a painting of Chisinau/Kishinev, the capital of Moldova.…