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Out of Eden Walk: Walking Tbilisi

Out of Eden Walk

Georgia’s capital city, Tbilisi, sits at the ancient crossroads of Asia and Europe, of Islam and Christianity. It is currently the scene of a political confrontation over a Russia-inspired law that critics fear will stifle media freedom. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek in Tbilisi about the city’s rich cultural past and its current tensions.

A man in a crowd wearing a white T-shirt holds up a sign saying 'Russia get out of Georgia."

NATO agreed Georgia would join. Why hasn’t it happened?

Conflict

Howard Finster

Arts, Culture & Media

Howard Finster

Arts, Culture & Media

Tbilisi-wood

Arts, Culture & Media
Atlanta (left) and her sister Phoenix lounge with a volunteer outside the cargo hall before leaving Istanbul.

Turkey has a golden retriever problem. America can help.

Culture

Dog rescue volunteers are celebrating their 1,000th Turkish golden retriever airlifted to the US.

East Point mayor Teona Chikladze has come to symbolize a feminist movement in Georgia

Georgian feminists are beacons of light in a region darkening for women

Arts

Even as freedoms for women are constricting in neighboring Turkey and Russia, women in Tbilisi, Georgia are more free than ever, they say

Emory

Weighing the risks of a ‘sanctuary’ campus

Education

With some students worrying more about deportation, the pressure on campuses to declare themselves safe spaces is intensifying. But not everyone is on board.

Tbilisi’s “Guerrilla Garden” movement has been fighting to preserve the city’s green spaces that some say are under threat by private developers in cahoots with city officials.

Georgia’s ‘guerrilla gardeners’ defend a city park — and introduce people power

Global Politics

Georgians have been watching the power of grassroots groups in the Middle East — and recently in Ukraine — to bring down dictators. So they figure they can protect their urban green spaces, starting with one park.

Tbilisi’s “Guerrilla Garden” movement has been fighting to preserve the city’s green spaces that some say are under threat by private developers in cahoots with city officials.

Georgia’s ‘guerrilla gardeners’ defend a city park — and introduce people power

Global Politics

Georgians have been watching the power of grassroots groups in the Middle East — and recently in Ukraine — to bring down dictators. So they figure they can protect their urban green spaces, starting with one park.

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