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The Swallow of Spring
Seasons passed, the weather tore apart.Some springs came and went.The swallow never came. I waited… I waited so longfor it to come at the start of April,to announce spring, as before. Verorja* rotted in my hand.Beneath the springish sun,its shadow left a mark. The swallow of spring forgot me.Forgot me…Forgot… even spring. *Verorja (from Verore)…
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The Six Nations: The Greatest Show on Earth.
So, you’ve heard the roar. You’ve seen the beefy athletes collide. But the Six Nations can look like a chaotic pile of bodies if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Don’t worry. Let’s break down the beautiful game before we dive into the magnificent spectacle. But please, I beg you, don’t think it’s like…
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The Fog of Your 20s
There is a particular kind of fog that settles over your twenties. It doesn’t arrive all at once. It creeps in quietly, like early morning mist, softening the outlines of everything you thought you understood about yourself, about love, about where you were supposed to be going.One day you wake up and realize you are…
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VOICES March 2026
When was the last time you were thinking about what you are actually consuming? Every day, we are bombarded with news and advertisements, making us feel increasingly detached from our emotions. Buried under advertisements for the latest micro trend, I see my brain screaming for help, overwhelmed by all the bad news. So, fleeing into…
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Anthropology of a representation
In 1976, Belgian anthropologist and filmmaker Jean-Pierre Dutilleux went to meet the Toulambi community in Papua New Guinea. During his stay, the anthropologist brought a mirror and showed it to the men he met. When they saw their reflection, each man was shocked. This discovery of their own faces, which they were seeing clearly for…
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The Battle of Valmy
On September 20, 1792, a wheat field near a remote village in Champagne, France, witnessed not a small random battle, but the pivot in modern European history. The Battle of Valmy, often described as more of a prolonged artillery duel than a bloody melee, was a moment of profound psychological and political shockwave. In essence,…
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Oma, how were the good old times?
In the last years of the Second World War, my grandmother was born in a small village in Northern Germany. After training to become a professional housekeeper, she married my grandfather. Together, they maintained and lived off of my grandfather’s farm, where my grandmother moved. Growing up on this farm together with my grandparents, I…
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Gender Equality – Why It Still Matters Today
Did you know that women earn on average around 20% less than men worldwide? Or that one in three women experiences physical or sexual violence at least once in her lifetime? These facts are not just numbers – they represent real people, real stories, and real injustice. Even in the 21st century, gender equality is…
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Winter’s Scent
Can you smell the winter? Because I do The same way I feel your heart Day after day Slowly… painfully Drifting away As the weather get colder And the sun says bye, bye My soul aches Aches at the thought Of YOU Of your absence Of the fact That soon enough You will hide away…
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More Than a Meal: Cooking Culture at Erasmus+ C.O.O.K.
At the start of December, six young people from Macedonia bundled in thick winter coats and a list of their favorite traditional recipes and headed to KulturHaus, a cozy house on the outskirts of Bremen, Germany. Joined by 39 other participants from Italy, Lithuania, Serbia, Spain, and Germany for the Erasmus+ youth exchange “C.O.O.K.”, where…
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What if a game asked you to slow down?
In a gaming world obsessed with speedruns, kill counts, and endless notifications, Workbench Entertainment is choosing to press pause. The small independent studio from Skopje makes games for players who want to wander instead of rush, listen instead of react, and feel instead of win. Their work is somewhere between memory and place, turning quiet…
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