Identity

September 27, 2021

The author joined The World's host Marco Werman to discuss the deportations of Haitians at the US southern border.

Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home

September 23, 2021

Millions of Syrians are wrestling with the tough choice to return to Syria after 10 years of civil war. In Turkey, the COVID-19 pandemic hit some Syrians so hard that they returned home, only to regret it.

Sports

Diving into infinity with South Africa’s 'Black Mermaid'

The World

September 21, 2021

Zandile Ndhlovu is the first Black free-diving instructor in South Africa and the founder of the Black Mermaid Foundation, which aims to change the story of who belongs in the water by spreading awareness online and teaching school kids about the ocean.

Top of The World

US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants as Haiti calls for moratorium

The World

September 20, 2021

The US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants camping out in Texas near the US-Mexico border. Also, a Rwandan court convicts Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the 2004 Hollywood movie "Hotel Rwanda." And, a shooting at a university in Russia leaves six people dead, and at least 24 others wounded.

Culture

It’s ‘huge for our language’: Lorde’s new Māori-language EP strikes a chord with NZ's Indigenous community

The World

September 17, 2021

The release of "Te Ao Mārama," which comes during Māori Language Week, has received a wide range of reactions from New Zealand's Indigenous community.

Chile has a growing Muslim community — but few know about it

The Conversation

September 15, 2021

Latin America has 1.7 million Muslims, who are rarely noted. Two scholars — both converts to Islam — set out to understand the small but representative Muslim community in Chile. Here is what they found.

Afghanistan

Afghan women to the Taliban: #DoNotTouchMyClothes

The World

September 14, 2021

The Taliban has issued a decree calling for female university students to fully cover their bodies and most of their faces in a return to Afghan tradition. Historian Bahar Jalali fully disagrees. She started a now-viral campaign over the weekend to showcase the diversity of Afghan women's traditional dress.

Identity

NYU chaplain calls for a 'true pursuit of empathy' to heal from 9/11 aftermath

The World

September 09, 2021

Two decades after the attacks of Sept. 11, Muslim Americans revisit their lives in a post-9/11 world. Executive director and chaplain at New York University, Khalid Latif, discusses his experiences with The World's host Marco Werman.

Refugees

This refugee’s academic success in the US comes with plenty of complications — and joy

The World

September 08, 2021

Rumbila Abdullahi was born in a refugee camp in Kenya. Today, she’s on her way to becoming a doctor. In many ways, she was an outlier, and her school journey came with immense pressure to succeed.

Afghanistan

An Afghan journalist breaks down the sociological makeup of today's Taliban

The World

September 06, 2021

"They are literate, they can read and they can write and are generally very young," says Waleed Kakar, editor of the Afghan Eye, about the Taliban today. He discusses the sociological makeup of the group with The World's host Carol HIlls.

Identity

Writer Edwidge Danticat describes how Haitians respond in times of deep crisis

Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home

Diving into infinity with South Africa’s 'Black Mermaid'

US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants as Haiti calls for moratorium

It’s ‘huge for our language’: Lorde’s new Māori-language EP strikes a chord with NZ's Indigenous community

Chile has a growing Muslim community — but few know about it

Afghan women to the Taliban: #DoNotTouchMyClothes

NYU chaplain calls for a 'true pursuit of empathy' to heal from 9/11 aftermath

This refugee’s academic success in the US comes with plenty of complications — and joy

An Afghan journalist breaks down the sociological makeup of today's Taliban

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