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Australians are currently voting in a rare referendum that, if successful, would see Indigenous Australians formally recognised in the constitution. Supporters say it's a much-needed move to ensure Indigenous communities are consulted properly in decision-making processes that directly affect them. Detractors say the proposals are divisive and unfair, or simply…

When it comes to building complex artificial intelligence (AI) models, received wisdom has always favoured bigger datasets. After all, the more data an AI model is exposed to, the more it can "learn". But Abeba Birhane, a cognitive scientist and Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation, warns…

Forced exile, grief, pressures of assimilation and generational trauma are recurring themes for many, if not most narratives about the refugee experience. They're at the heart of author Cecile Pin's first book, “Wandering Souls”, which recounts the lesser known stories of Vietnamese boat people who fled to the United Kingdom.…

The French motto of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" can be seen everywhere in France, a constant reminder of the Enlightenment-era ideals the Fifth Republic says it holds dear. But our guest Nabila Ramdani says that a closer look at recurrent street protests, entrenched economic and social inequality and an all-powerful president…

Our Perspective guests are two anthropologists who are challenging established critical thinking that violence, oppression and inequality are the natural order of things. They criticise the well-established work of professors like Steven Pinker, Jared Diamond, Yuval Noah Harari and Jordan Peterson – claiming that their views on male dominance being…

She's documented war and conflict – and its devastating aftermath – in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Gaza, and shone a spotlight on women's struggles in India and Egypt, with her images appearing in the likes of Le Monde, Libération, The Washington Post, Newsweek and Stern Magazine. She's back in France…

An Egyptian artist, whose work has resonated particularly across the Middle East, has told FRANCE 24 how his life as a teenager amid the Arab Spring and the fall of Hosni Mubarak has influenced his work. Abdullah Miniawy is a singer, poet, composer and international actor. Born in Saudi Arabia,…

A renowned Iranian filmmaker who's now based in France says it's very important for her to make films that tell the truth about her childhood and life inside Iran. Sepideh Farsi says she is able to give an independent view as to what happens in the country, unlike filmmakers who…

To what extent is the well-being of a country's youth a barometer for the state of society at large? Do dictatorships or geopolitical isolation affect citizens' sense of direction? And can love or friendship save people from the deepest depths of despair? These are some of the themes explored in…