Our editor-in-chief takes a look at the current issue.
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How taboos are created and why people break them.
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About a rule that no-one can stick to.
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How did it happen that US Republicans put up with Donald Trump's taboo violations?
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According to the “Chhaupadi” custom in Nepal, girls and women who are menstruating are considered impure and must be isolated. Maria Contreras Coll spent a year in Nepal and documented this tradition for her photo project “Journey to Impurity”.
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Long viewed as a Central Asian “island of democracy”, Kyrgyzstan recently drifted into a state of emergency.
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