WRITER & EDITOR
Nora Wallaya
ATLAS OBSCURA
The women of Umoja no longer need a man to make their mporo marriage necklaces.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER
As modernity threatens to mute the fabled hakawati of Marrakech, a wave of young Moroccans are keeping their nation’s candle burning.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER
Wild birds are facing a precarious future according to the latest RSPB report—but there are plenty of ways you can help.
WANDERLUST
A certified biodiversity hotspot, botanists, naturalists and geologists have explored South Africa’s Northern Cape for decades, but a pin hasn’t yet been dropped by the masses.
ATLAS OBSCURA
The artisans of Aleppo keep plying their ancient trade, one bar at a time.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER
Meet the designers keeping the carnival’s message alive through the stories threaded into its iconic costumes.