Conflict

Zaina Arafat on queer love, desire, and Palestinian identity
Books

Zaina Arafat on queer love, desire, and Palestinian identity

2020’s breakout author — The author’s powerful debut novel, You Exist Too Much, follows the story of a bisexual Palestinian-American with a penchant for unattainable women.

Written by: Kate Wyver

As the world locks down, who will protect refugees?
Opinion

As the world locks down, who will protect refugees?

Where we shelter — Photographer Giles Duley examines the impact COVID-19 will have on refugee camps, where conditions are already barely livable.

Written by: Giles Duley

The zine taking you inside Greece’s refugee kingdom
Activism

The zine taking you inside Greece’s refugee kingdom

This is what we have to say — Forgotten in an isolated Greek camp, young refugees have produced the Ritsona Kingdom Journal to remind the world they exist.

Written by: Alex King

Is virtual reality the new frontier for human rights filmmakers?
Activism

Is virtual reality the new frontier for human rights filmmakers?

Empathy through technology — Human rights and activist filmmakers talk about how VR can be a powerful tool to force underreported conflicts or forgotten issues into the public consciousness.

Written by: Alex King

Inside Khora, Greece’s grassroots refugee community
Activism

Inside Khora, Greece’s grassroots refugee community

A place to call our own — Skateboarding lessons and circus shows take centre stage at Khora, a horizontally-organised refugee community centre in Athens, which is celebrating its first birthday.

Written by: Alex King

Searching for joy in the midst of Ukraine's bloody conflict
Photography

Searching for joy in the midst of Ukraine's bloody conflict

Holy Water — In the midst of a raging war escapism is a lifeline, whether it's found in rivers, in religion or in drink. Photographer Christopher Nunn has spent years documenting the Ukrainian conflict, an accidental journey taken from the peripheries to the centre of the bloodshed.

Written by: Michael Segalov

Why this photographer risks her life to document war and crisis around the world
Magazine

Why this photographer risks her life to document war and crisis around the world

Larger than me — Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has witnessed death and been kidnapped more than once, but has never found a reason to put her camera down. Now Steven Spielberg is making a film about her life.

Written by: Lynsey Addario

An appeal from Aleppo: 'Every moment of delay is a loss of life'
Reportage

An appeal from Aleppo: 'Every moment of delay is a loss of life'

Listen to the White Helmets — Ismail Alabdullah is a volunteer rescue worker on the ground in Aleppo. He’s desperate for the international community to protect civilians trapped in the devastated city.

Written by: Alex King

On the frontlines with the Kurdish female fighters beating back ISIS
Reportage

On the frontlines with the Kurdish female fighters beating back ISIS

Öcalan's Angels — Iraqi pro-government forces are making gains in the start of their large-scale operation to retake Mosul, the last major stronghold of the so-called Islamic State In eastern Syria. Fighting alongside the government forces are a Kurdish feminist army, but what’s driving young Kurdish women to take up arms, knowing they may never return? Magnum photographer Newsha Tavakolian went to find out for Huck's Defiance Issue.

Written by: Newsha Tavakolian

The lost street gangs of NYC’s Lower East Side
Photography

The lost street gangs of NYC’s Lower East Side

Unseen America — The uniformed street gangs who inspired cult classic The Warriors were violent pillars of community identity, before being swept away by gentrification and the commercialisation of the drug trade.

Written by: Alex King

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