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Iraq: Qandil Burning - Bombing along the Iran-Iraq border
By Zann Huang
Posted in all, news & global, slides on 6 February 2011
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The PJAK, or the (Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane) is a militant Kurdish nationalist group based in northern Iraq that has been carrying out attacks against Iranian forces in the Kurdistan Province of Iran.
In retaliation, Iranian bombings intensified in late May 2010 and have led to the displacement of more than 500 Kurdish families, wounded [...]

Indonesia: Sulfur Miner
By Karolus Naga
Posted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 5 February 2011
Stats: 2,493 views and 1 Comment

Ijen caldera is one large crater that has much sulfur, which lies hidden between sheer walls of deeply furrowed rock of Ijen Volcano. This volcano emits gasses through fumaroles inside the crater and the miners trapped the gasses through stone and ceramic pipes to condenses the gasses into a molten pure sulfur and then, load [...]

Georgia: Feasting with the Spirits in a Dying Village
By Temo Bardzimashvili
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 5 February 2011
Stats: 2,033 views and 2 Comments

“Tonight starts the remembrance of the spirits’ holiday. Let’s praise the souls of the dead!” Mamuka Qaldani, a thirty-eight-year-old livestock herder from Georgian mountain village of Adishi, proposes a toast at the local cemetery and then belts down a shot of vodka. Representatives from all families of the village are also here – on [...]

South Africa: Real Action Pantsula Dancers
By Alexia Webster
Posted in all, features, africa, slides on 14 November 2010
Stats: 4,399 views and 1 Comment

Pantsula culture was born some time in the 1950’s and 60’s in the townships of South Africa. It initially refered to a style of dress but grew into a culture and eventually a dance form. By the 1980’s when the townships were in flames and Apartheid police were at war with young black men in [...]

Greece: A Beach For People With Special Needs
By Iakovos Hatzistavrou
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 14 November 2010
Stats: 2,677 views and 1 Comment

A few miles away from the center of Athens, there is a beach where people with disabilities and their friends and family members can meet up and socialize. The atmosphere is rich with emotions.
I started this documentary project a few months before, and now realize that this project will be a long term project, maybe [...]

Mexico: Dancing With Death
By Rafael Ben-Ari
Posted in all, features, central & south america, slides on 24 October 2010
Stats: 2,770 views and No Comments

During the eight centuries of the Spanish War of the Reconquest (711-1492 A.D.), the knights, Moors and Christians, weary of killing one another, would occasionally hunt wildlife to avoid boredom. While deer were easy prey and a cornered bear or boar would usually put up a fight, it was the wild [...]