Zahra Salah Uddin

A woman stands with a broom in one hand and a child in the other, defending her land against encroaching fire
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Community in La Cañada Real: The women defending Spain’s biggest informal settlement

For decades, Moroccan immigrants have called La Cañada Real home. Now, real estate speculators are closing in on the informal settlement. Authorities are starving the community of basic infrastructure and demolishing homes. But women are pushing back against eviction and uniting against oppression from outside their community and within.

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The Rainmakers of Morocco

Morocco’s drought-flood chaos is fueling a storm of cloud seeding conspiracies.

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Migrant talent saves Portugal from brain drain

With almost a third of young Portuguese living abroad, the country’s visa options and growing recognition of foreign qualifications help keep the economy on its feet. But despite so many immigrant workers coming from Portuguese-speaking countries, their degrees still don’t have the same clout as qualifications earned in Portugal.

A man in a garden is surrounded by colorful vegetables in this illustration by Suryaa Rajan
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Seeds of resistance: The fight to preserve Europe’s peasant seeds

Before industrialized farming conquered the continent, the crops that fed Europe were adaptable varieties that evolved as peasants freely exchanged seeds, from harvest to sowing, generation after generation. Reviving these seed systems could protect our food supply from future climate shocks – if EU regulations don’t strangle them out completely.

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Why we are launching the Democracy Playbook

What tactics and strategies work to defend democracy from elite capture? How do people build movements to protect institutions, the environment, and each other from authoritarianism? What are the strategic, cultural, emotional resources possessed by the majority that can counter the way of authoritarianism?

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How indigenous chiefs are fighting child marriage in Africa

Despite legal prohibitions, several African countries continue to suffer high rates of child marriage. Now, tribal leaders are teaming up with civil society, taking as many routes as necessary to find solutions.