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Reporter Fariba Nawa goes on the search with her daughters for the best mıhlama in Turkey. A fondue-like delicacy native to the Black Sea region, their mission is to replicate the same experience in Istanbul.

It started as a simple project for Kirstie Macleod after graduating from studying art and textile design. But soon, The Red Dress Project blossomed into a global endeavor bringing together people from across cultures, who shared their diverse stories through embroidery.

Albert Laguna, an associate professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Race, & Migration at Yale University, is teaching a new class this semester called “Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics.” The course will put Bad Bunny’s music into context and teach students about the colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, which is a key theme Bad Bunny explores in his lyrics. The World’s Bianca Hillier went to Yale’s campus to learn more.

Curators at the National Museum of World Culture in Sweden recently invited a group of Zambian women to help understand the meaning of some ancient artifacts and the communities that used them. Samba Yonga, a co-founder of the virtual Women’s History Museum of Zambia, was one of them. She discussed the project with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler.

Natalia Lafourcade is touring the US this year and speaks to The World about immigration and protests and how they’re impacting people, including her fans. She also discusses her music and navigating identity and belonging.