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  • Sisterhood in climbing. Meet Asma from Afghanistan

    Sisterhood in climbing. Meet Asma from Afghanistan

    “We can’t go to school, university, work, nor can we play our favourite sports. We had no choice but to leave our country”. Interview with a climber from Afghanistan.

  • I look at Poland with great envy. Appreciate your solidarity

    I look at Poland with great envy. Appreciate your solidarity

    “Lithuania received 43 million euros from the European Union, to keep refugees in closed centres throughout the country. So, de-facto it received money so that they can violate human rights in refugee camps”.

  • Sunglasses and love songs

    Sunglasses and love songs

    Her father, when he discovered his daughter’s extraordinary talent, dressed her up as a boy. This was the only way she could sing in front of a conservative audience

  • “Welcome to Guantánamo”, that is, to Poland

    “Welcome to Guantánamo”, that is, to Poland

    “I had heard that through Belarus I could reach the European Union. I was supposed to find there the end of suffering and the possibility of stabilisation. The decision was taken in haste and I decided to take this step, which I now regret. At present, I’m in the EU, where instead of freedom and…

  • Sunburnt. A flee from Kabul told by Lemar Elyassi

    Sunburnt. A flee from Kabul told by Lemar Elyassi

    In our society when a girl is underage, she stays under the custody of her father, when she is married, she is under the custody of her husband. It means that a girl is never independent. Read a story of a young doctor from Afghanistan living in Poland.

  • Iran: persecution and marginalisation of the Baha’i community

    Iran: persecution and marginalisation of the Baha’i community

    The Iranian government has recently intensified its persecution of the Baha’i’ community in a recurring series of demolition of homes, land grabs, and arrests. Bahaism or the Baha’i faith is the second largest religion in Iran. It is also the largest religious non-Muslim minority in the country. The history of the life of Bahaism’s central…

  • Feminist Qawwali or just plain advertising?

    Feminist Qawwali or just plain advertising?

    Did you think a battle of the voices is a Western invention? Musical skirmishes had been organised in northern India and Pakistan before it was cool

  • “All I wanted was freedom and safety”. A refugee exclusively for Salam Lab

    “All I wanted was freedom and safety”. A refugee exclusively for Salam Lab

    “I am Rojin Shamo from Iraqi Kurdistan. I am a Yazidi and being a Yazidi is not easy. I’ve always wanted freedom. Europe seemed to be the solution to my problem. I arrived in Lithuania last year, on June 21st to be exact. I live in a refugee camp. My dreams of freedom in Europe…

  • Zombie in my city. A journalist who fled Afghanistan is now safe in Poland

    Zombie in my city. A journalist who fled Afghanistan is now safe in Poland

    My name is Nasratullah Taban. Before the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, I’ve been working as a journalist covering affairs in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Russia for the past six years. Now I am trying to manage my life in Poland. After all, living in Europe can be a little different than living in the countryside…

  • Three Jewish sisters and one Yemeni hit

    Three Jewish sisters and one Yemeni hit

    In the desert, work is in full swing. Three young women are cooking, chopping wood and even shaving a man while singing about great love. Finally, dressed in pink jelabiyas (a loose body covering in Arab countries), they hop on an open-topped jeep and drive through desert

  • Lebanon: women win record number of seats in parliamentary elections

    Lebanon: women win record number of seats in parliamentary elections

    May’s parliamentary elections in Lebanon were groundbreaking. They are a hope for real change and a better future for a country in crisis. As many as 88 young people (between 25 to 35 years old) and 155 women were among the number of 1043 candidates. These are the historical numbers

  • Polygamy in India: The Muslim women have had enough of it

    Polygamy in India: The Muslim women have had enough of it

    “Unconstitutional, against the sharia, inhumane.” According to the Indian Muslim women, polygamy must be cast aside.28-year-old Reshma, a Muslim woman from India, appealed to the court in order to prevent her husband from entering additional wedlock without her – i.e. his wife’s – written permission. Reshma’s case has sparked the debate surrounding polygamy among the…

  • Migration and Media. Workshops for young influencers

    Migration and Media. Workshops for young influencers

    Do you have your own social media channels? Do you want to improve your communication? Do you work in NGO? Are you concerned about the current migration crisis and want to know how to use your social media to play a positive role and create effective change? Apply to become a part of a team of…

  • China will not cover up the Uyghur genocide with the Olympics

    China will not cover up the Uyghur genocide with the Olympics

    It is a festive time in China. The eyes of the world are on Beijing. The ruling communist regime is hoping that the splendour around the Olympics will be enough to distract the public from the truth about the ongoing destruction of Tibet, the genocide of the Uyghurs and other minorities that are considered an…

  • Tiba Kallas: I dreamed that my name would become known

    Tiba Kallas: I dreamed that my name would become known

    First of all, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Tiba Atheer Kallas. I’m 14. I’d like to start this letter by telling you about my dreams and asking you –  the people of Poland and the people of Europe –  to judge the crimes I’ve committed. The crimes that put my family and…

  • I survived crossing the Poland-Belarus border: a testimony

    I survived crossing the Poland-Belarus border: a testimony

    My name is Ola Sabah Hamad. I am a mother of four children and I want to tell you my story. I come from Baghdad. Living in my homeland is very difficult, especially for families who dream of a peaceful life. I was unable to feel free there with my children, but what’s more important,…

  • Al-Busaidi: Meet the first female football commentator in the Arab World

    Al-Busaidi: Meet the first female football commentator in the Arab World

    Not a single adjective or representation nor any of her numerous (ten, to be exact) former employments could sufficiently and properly introduce the unique individual that is Rumaitha al-Busaidi. Undoubtedly this young activist’s energy could easily fuel at least a few people around her and still keep her going.

  • “I don’t know when we see each other again” – living in and fleeing from Afghanistan

    “I don’t know when we see each other again” – living in and fleeing from Afghanistan

    Aina* is a 21-year-old girl who experienced a lot. She agreed to tell us the story of her life: from being brought up in the patriarchal culture of Afghanistan to going to study abroad. And also about the traumatic separation of the family during the evacuation from the country.