Lifestyle

Young classical musicians join forces in Middle Eastern ensemble

Music

A group of young musicians in New York City have gotten together to form the Riwaya Ensemble featuring classical music by Middle Eastern composers of diverse nationalities. They perform music by Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians. 

Traders in Ghana face uncertain future after world’s largest secondhand clothing hub razed in fire

A Costa Rican dance against colonialism becomes a paradoxical tourist attraction

Arts, Culture & Media

This aging Buenos Aires stadium continues to be the undisputed ‘temple of soccer’

Sacred Spaces

A massive mural project in Mexico City is transforming some of the poorest neighborhoods

Arts, Culture & Media

Hamptons hospital adapts fall-prevention classes for aging Spanish-speaking population 

Immigration

The number of foreign-born older people in the US is increasing fast: It’s expected to reach 23% of the total older population by 2060. But the US health care system is not always well prepared to cater to aging immigrants. In an increasingly immigrant community in the Hamptons, in New York, a local hospital is offering fall-prevention classes in Spanish.

As Catholic faith ebbs in Spain, missionary priests come to the rescue

Sacred Nation

Spain exported Christianity across the world through missionary expeditions, but as the religion dwindles across Europe, parishes are increasingly reliant on priests from abroad — a trend some call “reverse missions.”

‘A whole bunch of goodness’: Chef Alexander Smalls talks about new cookbook of African home cooking

Food

Alexander Smalls helped curate the book. The James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about the cookbook’s highlights.

Out of Eden Walk: Walking Gangnam Style

Out of Eden Walk

An affluent neighborhood of Seoul is the latest stretch of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s worldwide walking journey. He tells Host Carolyn Beeler about the Gangnam entertainment district, its important links to K-pop, and the hyper-competitive career paths young people have pursued to stardom.

In the UK, a man’s shed is his castle. For some, it’s also a lifeline.

Lifestyle

Sheds, or wooden buildings at the bottom of a garden, are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK — bringing older men together to help soothe loneliness.