With modern technologies making our daily life easier and easier, even education becomes increasingly accessible through the internet. I took a look at Forvo.com, a crowd-sourced language learners’ website which specialises in pronunciations recorded by native speakers, and spoke to one of its founders.
Michael Schätzlein
Tatar: A Language Under Threat
Having regained its confidence, Russia cracks down on the countless minorities and their languages within its borders. One of them is the Tatar minority. Putting himself at risk, one of those who seek to preserve the Tatar language offered to talk to me. An interview.
Mahraganat: How a New Musical Genre Emerged in Egypt
Amidst the turmoil of the Arab Spring and political crises in Egypt, a new musical genre is on the rise, one of many that swept the Islamic world in the last couple of years. We take a look at these developments.