It is estimated that over two million Burmese refugees live in Thailand, with a high percentage living on the popular island of Phuket. Behind the expensive hotels and beaches packed with tourists hides a large community of Burmese migrants trying to carve out a living in...

"Gypsy Interiors" is a collection of portraits capturing the sedate and decorous intimacy of an outwardly loud and gregarious people. Carlo Gianferro has discovered a profound - almost religious - ethnic performance enacted by proud and wealthy Roma deep within their own private ...

Comprising over 70% of the earth's surface, water is undoubtedly the most precious natural resource that exists on our planet. Without the seemingly invaluable compound comprised of hydrogen and oxygen, life on Earth would be non-existent: it is essential for everything on our planet to grow and...

In the semi-arid zone of Garissa County, Northeastern Kenya, Somali-Kenyan pastoralist nomads are constantly on the move, following the rains, and seeking pasture for their livestock. Therefore, school enrollment is low across the board, and especially low for girls. One solution is the mobile...

The Masai have a unique way of life, beliefs and sets of customs that developed for centuries. A culture that survived and evolved with minor external influences. Archeologists believe that what makes up humanity nowadays started in the regions where Kenya, Tanzania and, in particular, where the Masais ...

Nowadays in our western society there are only a few taboo issues left. But it was not always like that in the past. Standardization was a continuous principle of disciplinary action and social forming. Our society has become much more tolerant concerning tough issues. Certainly, intersexuality is ...

 On August 23, 2013, the self-proclaimed "International King of the Roma" Florin Cioaba was laid to rest in the municipal cemetery of the Transylvanian town of Sibiu, in Romania. On the very same day, his two sons Dorin and Daniel were crowned, respectively, "International...

Butterflies Chapter 2: Before the Kosovo war 1998-1999, the Stime psychiatric institute was financed by the Serbian government and inhabited by patients from Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. After the power change, the new Albanian government financially abandoned the premises leaving the infrastructure...