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December 16, 2019 | VQR Online
An Outsider’s Perspective
Monika Bulaj documents endangered rituals around the world.
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June 11, 2019 | VQR Online
Election Season in Varanasi
A visit to India's holy city of Varanasi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is renovating Hindu holy sites.
June 03, 2019 | VQR Online
Church vs. State
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal but popular war on drugs has forced the Catholic Church to ask itself a defining question: What is its responsibility under an immoral regime?
March 04, 2019 | VQR Online
Mountain of Tongues
Can a nationalist movement from the internet save the world's most scattered people?
May 11, 2017 | VQR Online
Germany: Milad's Arrival
A boyhood for a refugee—seven countries later.
April 14, 2017 | VQR Online
Haiti: They Call It Canaan
In the aftermath of disaster, Haitians ask what makes a city.
April 10, 2017 | VQR Online
Belgrade Station: The Perils of the Balkan Route
Illustrator George Butler captures the fraught lives of Syrian refugees on the run—with nowhere to go.
April 06, 2017 | VQR Online
The New Berliners
What is it like for refugees navigating life in Berlin after Syria?
April 06, 2017 | VQR Online
Germany: The Useful Village
In the fall of 2015, Germany designated Sumte, population 102, as a sanctuary for nearly 800 refugees. What followed was a living experiment in the country's principles.