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An ocean of history: navigating Dhivehi seamanship
The Maldives’ maritime heritage can be charted through a Cairo synagogue, island lore and a lost library.
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Everyone is having fewer children. The Maldives is not special
The decline began here with women no longer dying in childbirth.
18 Aug, 16:22
Teacher, healer, protector: the surfer behind Aloha Ufaa
Saazu on surfing, healing and building a community by the sea.
17 Aug, 14:19
Why Maldivian scientists are missing from their own marine research
Parachute science only explains why foreigners are overrepresented.
16 Aug, 15:52
The lingering ghosts of Maldives
Why fear runs through our folklore and what it was for.
15 Aug, 15:07
