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- The woman setting the record straight on Native American history
Sarah Eagle Heart is a storyteller and an award-winning producer. She wants to heal her people through telling Indigenous stories.
Written by Brandi Morin.
Read by Emma Jones.
23 min - Lives derailed: Fleeing Ukraine war destroyed my father’s health
It’s been nearly two months since Russia invaded Ukraine. For one family from Kyiv, the invasion greatly threatened their elderly father's life. So, they embarked on a dangerous journey to get him out.
Written by Zoe Osborne.
Read by Laura Lockwood.14 min - The Sri Lankan taxi driver reuniting adoptees with their families.
His day job is taxing people around Sri Lanka, but what Andrew Silva does in his spare time is truly life changing. With a car full of DNA tests and a natural detective's instinct, he's helping to reunite adopted children with their birth mothers.
Written by Bhavya Dore.Read by Loveday Smith.
21 min - 'Not a quitter': The Karachi doctor taking rapists to court
For this Al Jazeera series on inspiring yet overlooked women, Sanam Maher was drawn to the story of Dr Summaiya Syed. She’s fighting to change the way sexual assault is documented in Pakistan. The country has an abysmally low rate of conviction in such cases.
Written and read by Sanam Maher.
22 min - In Berlin, a Russian Jewish restaurant rallies behind Ukrainians
As Germany sees an uptick in anti-Russian sentiment, Ukrainian and Russian restaurant staff band together to oppose war.
Written by Gouri Sharma/Read by Sergej Zulkarneev.
13 min - The anti-apartheid fighter empowering women in South Africa
This is the story of Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi who went from the front lines of anti-racist activism to success in politics and business.
“I want my legacy to be that of a woman who believed in justice, equality and doing what is right. "
Written by Thabi Myeni.
Read by Jo de Frias.21 min - The woman protecting South Sudan's parks from war and poaching
Bibiana Martin was 12 years old when she joined the forest rangers. Twenty years later, she is still protecting parks.
Written by Sam Mednick.
Read by Laura Lockwood.15 min - Murdered women: Adiba Parveen, the quietest girl in the valley
When the recently married resident of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province disappeared, her family feared the worst.
Written by Sanam Maher.
Read by Mohita Namjoshi
23 min - Myanmar's 'reluctant' resistance fighter
In the mountains of Kayah State, a former wedding photographer is taking on Myanmar's military.
Written by Caleb Quinley.
Read by Laura Lockwood.
14 min - Backyard astronomers: Turning stargazing into space-portraiture
For space enthusiasts from Qatar to Finland, the US to the UK, astrophotography is a hobby, an art, a science and sometimes an obsession.
Written and read by Colin Baker.
22 min
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AJ Longreads brings you the best of Al Jazeera's long-form journalism to listen to in your own time.