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Converting to Islam in the secular republic
A determined girl tests the French law banning religious symbols in schools.
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Humans of Nigeria:
Women’s lives in Africa’s largest economy
Trials, triumphs and patriarchal resistance.
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How a TV contest became the latest front in the battle of French identity politics
A Muslim woman's appearance on 'The Voice' prompts an alignment of Left and Right.
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Education and exclusion for special needs students in Indonesia
At one school in central Java, dedicated teachers are at the vanguard of a field largely ignored by the country's policymakers.
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Power, authority and the will to change: Female genital mutilation in Nigeria’s Osun state
Education may be making inroads against a brutal practice.
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The French school system and the war on radicalization
How one teacher is trying to redefine the debate about secularism.
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In Indonesia, one language for all?
Efforts to instill national unity are diminishing regional identities.