History Archives - Strangers Guide

Egyptian Antiquities

Sarah El-Shaarawi

Egypt’s fight to bring its treasures home

The Power of the Pedal

Sinar Alvarado

photography by Juan Felipe Rubio

Colombia's thriving cycling culture

El Chocó

photography by Kike Arnal

Black Colombia, the state of Chocó

My Austin

S. C. Gwynne

From real estate prices to homelessness and overcrowding, Austin is a city in transformation

Dark Side of the Moon

Volodymyr Rafeenko

In response to war, a writer abandons the Russian language

Historic Gallery

Stranger’s Guide

A look at the past 100 years in the national parks

Mothers of a Nation

Andrea Valdez

How Texas women continue to build the Lone Star State

Stories from the Bengal Famine

Kavita Puri

First-Person Narratives

The Girl With the Smile

Monique Maddy, Betelihem Melkamu Essa

The story of a mother from Liberia and her daughter from Ethiopia

My Mother Tongues

Shougat Dasgupta

The complicated linguistic history and future of India

The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

Adam Shatz

Author of "The Wretched of the Earth" offers a powerful framework for the anti-colonialist struggle

Colonialist Comrades

Natalia Antelava

The struggle for post-colonial identity from West Africa to the Caucasus