Fashion designer Tata Kalita describes how difficult it was to study fashion during the 2008 economic crisis, when members of her family couldn’t support her financially. Despite a period of extreme psychological and financial hardship, she eventually found success. Storyteller: Tata Kalita Date of Story: 2008-present Location of Story: Ukraine Location: Lviv, Ukraine Date: 25 March, 2016
Rami Rihawi, a Syrian currently living in Berlin, describes how he and his friends at Aleppo University would flirt with girls at the architecture building–the center of the dating scene–despite the civil war that has ravaged much of the country. If successful, they would go on dates in the Mogambo neighborhood of Aleppo. Storyteller: […]
Tobias Metzner learns an important lesson about Haitian Creole when he’s threatened in a bathroom outside a ramshackle bar in post-earthquake Haiti. Storyteller: Tobias Metzner Date of Story: 2010 Location of Story: Port-au-Prince Location: New York City, U.S.A. Date: 31 October, 2015
Jessica Kenny recalls watching the Japanese national rugby team topple global powerhouse South Africa in Brighton on 19 September, 2015, in the company of 20 Japanese delegates from cities that will host the 2019 World Cup in Japan. Storyteller: Jessica Kenny Date of Story: 19 September, 2015 Location of Story: Brighton, UK Location: London, UK Date: 30 October, 2015 […]
Michael Barrett talks about being at the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989. At the Hillsborough stadium, there was a crush of humans in Sheffield (England) on 15 April 1989 during FA Cup semi-final game between Liverpool FC and Nottingham Forest. There were 96 deaths and 766 injured in one of the worst football incidents globally, […]
Reyes Martinez Aguilar, talks about the difficulties of living under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, explaining how he repressed languages and ideologies that differed from his. Furthermore, she remembers, after Franco’s death, the unity and freedom that the people of Catalonia felt. Storyteller: Reyes Martinez Aguilar Date of Story: 1975 Location of Story: Barcelona, Spain Location: Miami, […]
Singer Silvia Tancredi recalls singing at Italy’s famous Sanremo Music Festival with Italian star Milva. Storyteller: Silvia Tancredi Date of Story: 27 February- 3 March, 2007 Location of Story: San Remo, Italy Location: Turin, Italy Date: 8 February, 2016
Kurdish-Catalan race car driver Isaac Tutumlu describes how he became the first person to officially represent Kurdistan in international sporting competition in 2012, overcoming objections from authorities that Kurdistan was not a country. Storyteller: Isaac Tutumlu Date of Story: 2011-present Location of Story: Barcelona, Spain Location: Barcelona, Spain Date: 28 October, 2015
