As a young girl, Ashrah Suudy would sit on her mother’s bed, full of excitement, as she waited patiently for her mother, who was getting ready for a wedding. With the smell of Uunsi (incense) burning in the background, she watched her mother carefully look through the collections of Diracs and Shalmaads.

As the daughter of a fashion journalist, Jeanne de Kroon grew up with memories of her mother bringing home beautiful fabrics with incredible stories woven through them. Hearing all these magical stories instils the love that she has for fashion, which later becomes the foundation of her journey alongside women artisans around the world. A journey she’d later call ZAZI Vintage.

A group of six young musicians from Ouarzazate, Morocco called Tarwa N-Tiniri is carving out space for their music and culture on the global stage. Through their music, they represent and educate people on their Amazigh culture and tradition. In the process, they have reclaimed their identity by rejecting the use of the discriminatory term ‘Berber’ which has been widely used to refer to the indigenous people of North Africa. They have reclaimed the indigenous word ‘Amazigh’, meaning ‘free human’ by introducing themselves only as that. 

When faced with a further tightening to already restrictive access to abortion, Polish women share intimate stories to reclaim control of their identity.

Before WhatsApp voice notes, there were cassette tapes. > The Tape Letters Project uncovers intimate audio messages sent between British Pakistani families and their loved ones in Pakistan from the 1960s–80s—stories of love, longing, and life across borders.

Nepal Picture Library (NPL) began as a digital archive to challenge narrow representations of Nepal’s history. By collecting personal photos and stories, NPL uncovered overlooked narratives, especially from marginalised communities. Over time, their work evolved to spotlight social movements, like in The Skin of Chitwan, which reimagines climate, indigeneity, and futures through the lens of the Tharu people.