World Pulse

The story of the Mayan Q’eqchi women and men of Northern Guatemala is one of a proud and marginalized people, many of whom have been violently forced from their land to make way for cattle ranching, A … Read More»

I gave birth in silence—an unconventional labor induced by the shiver of self-recognition and midwifed by subdued breath. … Read More»

Living in a city, sometimes “land” sounds like something other, something not us. Our house sits on a humble square of land, 4690 square feet near downtown Denver. My husband and I don’t own it. … Read More»

I’ve always enjoyed gardening. As a UK native in San Francisco, USA, it took several years for me to adapt my knowledge to the new climate. … Read More»

"At the beginning the seed of Life was in the Heart. Then it went further down. We created you from Our Heart." Said the stone I was holding … Read More»

A small piece of land in Europe invaded so many times by Tatars, Huns, Russians, Avars and by so many different civilizations. … Read More»

I was uprooted 6 times by the time I was 9 years old, by war and extreme poverty. … Read More»

Rural African women are expected to feed the family but culturally denied the right to own land. Even the ownership and use of land is a gendered phenomenon. … Read More»

It’s from above all lands that I am getting these thoughts: my mother and I are flying to Morocco. It has been 24 years since my mother get back to her birth land with her mother. … Read More»

Land has been a point where we start and end a journey. It is where I was born. It is where I have grown as a person who struggle for my dreams and those of others. … Read More»