Shot in the leg during the Great March of Return, cycling champ Alaa al-Dali is now making a comeback as a para-cyclist.
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![45 Years in Isolation [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/22455caaa5814a2e832ecc63b1c25afe_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
A quarantined filmmaker seeks guidance from a longtime cave dweller as they explore the many meanings of isolation.
After experiencing sexual violence, Vasilisa Komarova succeeds in getting justice through determination.
As his house burned down, he ran inside to grab his university ID. Meet the man teaching Syria’s lost...
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![The Amazon's Technology Warriors [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/faaeabb6504e44729184702360a85a3f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
‘Today, we defend our land with this map. Before we killed with spears. Things are different now.’
![Sister Angelique ''The hand of God'' [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bb9028582d0242fea0aa184fa421a373_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
In DRC, Sister Angelique has been transforming the lives of thousands of Congolese women and children.
![Colombia''s Indigenous Land Defenders [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/66c73443cfd845e0b805664221e9ba36_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
In Cauca, Colombia, Indigenous leaders continue to defend their land despite receiving death threats daily.
Death threats could not dampen Sheema Kermani’s resolve; she has inspired women across Pakistan for the past 35 years.
![Rio''s favela ballerinas
[Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/47cc974bb1c14abd935b105dd1350315_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Amid ongoing drug gang wars in Rio’s favelas, one woman is giving hope to the children of Complexo do Alemao.
![Mexico's Missing Sons [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/9cb2682e2dcf4734b04e06c7d3a3fcd6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The brave women tracking their missing loved ones.
A sports academy in a remote village in India’s Bihar state where girls are striving for sporting glory.
Annual Tinku festival sees thousands of indigenous Bolivians engage in brutal street fighting to honour Mother Earth.
Stanley Ngara is on a mission to make Kenya HIV-free.
![Out of Sight in Kashmir [Daylife]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/610a119ed76c42a3a8d6f2b7a19aef5f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Farzan is one of thousands of Kashmiri youth struggling to rebuild their lives after being injured by pellet guns.