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Gouri Sharma

Gouri Sharma

Gouri Sharma is an independent journalist based in Berlin. She spent five years working on the production desk for the Listening Post, Al Jazeera’s flagship media critique show, and has worked as a journalist in India. She covers culture, current affairs and human rights.

Gouri Sharma is an independent journalist based in Berlin. She spent five years working on the production desk for the Listening Post, Al Jazeera’s flagship media critique show, and has worked as a journalist in India. She covers culture, current affairs and human rights.

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'Skipping meals': Germany's low-income families hit hard by gas crisis

Single mothers and low-income families often show up at aid organisations – some to access learning material they struggle to afford, some to fill their empty stomachs.

'Skipping meals': Germany's low-income families hit hard by gas crisis

'Skipping meals': Germany's low-income families hit hard by gas crisis

International pressure grows on India over arbitrary detentions

Human rights defenders say Indians must speak up now as the world's largest democracy is "in the danger of turning into a fascist state."

International pressure grows on India over arbitrary detentions

International pressure grows on India over arbitrary detentions

Anti-Blackness corrodes South Asian communities

Prejudice towards black people persists both in South Asian countries and their diasporas abroad. It stems from both colonialism and caste-based hierarchies.

Anti-Blackness corrodes South Asian communities

Anti-Blackness corrodes South Asian communities

Mandatory Covid-19 facemasks expose bigoted nature of burqa bans in Europe

Lawyers and critics now say that in light of coronavirus, legal arguments against the burqa ban are much weaker and that it’s time to put an end to the criminalisation of women who choose to cover their faces in public.

Mandatory Covid-19 facemasks expose bigoted nature of burqa bans in Europe

Mandatory Covid-19 facemasks expose bigoted nature of burqa bans in Europe

Covid-19 is changing the way people protest around the world

From digitising dissent in Lebanon to cultivating new networks in India, the pandemic is not killing anti-government protests, but giving them a new direction.

Covid-19 is changing the way people protest around the world

Covid-19 is changing the way people protest around the world

Should India be concerned about upcoming internet measures?

Observers fear intermediary rules that include proactive monitoring, user verification and tight timelines that dictate how quickly a company should take down material authorities deem questionable.

Should India be concerned about upcoming internet measures?

Should India be concerned about upcoming internet measures?

Museum of women: How Zambia inherited patriarchy from colonialism

The impact of British colonialism and religious interventions have erased the history of women in Zambia. But a new museum is working to fill these historical gaps.

Museum of women: How Zambia inherited patriarchy from colonialism

Museum of women: How Zambia inherited patriarchy from colonialism

Hambach: an ancient forest at the centre of Germany’s struggle with coal

As Germany battles to balance its international environmental commitments with its booming coal industry, an endangered forest just outside Cologne has been put under the spotlight.

Hambach: an ancient forest at the centre of Germany’s struggle with coal

Hambach: an ancient forest at the centre of Germany’s struggle with coal

What is it like to be a black person in Germany?

An estimated 500,000 black people live in Germany, but for some parts of society, being black means you can’t be German. Here, Jana Pareigis, the country's first female black anchor on public TV, describes the racism she has experienced there.

What is it like to be a black person in Germany?

What is it like to be a black person in Germany?

The inconvenient truth of Berlin’s new cultural centre

Several activists argue that the artefacts displayed at the centre were stolen from Africa by various European colonisers in the 20th century – and they should be returned to their true owners.

The inconvenient truth of Berlin’s new cultural centre

The inconvenient truth of Berlin’s new cultural centre

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