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Learning about life by studying the bones of the dead

Alexa Hagerty helped uncover mass graves of the 'disappeared' in Guatemala and Argentina

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The indigenous singer-songwriter who was ahead of her time

Buffy Sainte-Marie's pioneering career included famed love songs and iconic protest songs

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A Syrian tale of two chocolate factories

Tareq Hadhad is the son of a Syrian chocolatier who rebuilt the family business after war

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Sewing to protest in a Chilean prison camp

Student Cristina Zamora found courage in creativity when she was taken from her baby

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The sound of the Arab Spring? Are you joking?

Singer Hamed Sinno reflects on the success and silencing of their band Mashrou鈥� Leila

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My secret photos of South Korea's fight for democracy

Na Kyung-taek risked his life to document a brutal military crackdown in South Korea

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At 18, I could not read, now I鈥檓 a Cambridge professor

Jason Arday was diagnosed with autism and global development delay at the age of three

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I impersonated Jackie Wilson, then I found out he was my dad

A chance encounter with Bruno Mars' dad led Bobby Brooks to the discovery of a lifetime

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My history-making solo flight around the world

Ademilola 鈥淟ola鈥� Odujinrin became the first African pilot to fly solo around the world

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Mia, myself and I - the secret I kept until 60

California鈥檚 first trans trial lawyer Mia Yamamoto on waiting a lifetime to be herself

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My life in seven swimming pools

Amjed鈥檚 determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build

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I was surfing world champion but no one knew my name

Pauline Menczer won her title in 1993 with the odds stacked against her in every way

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The runaway child bride who changed a village

Dorcas Zoogah resisted child marriage and now helps other young women do the same

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The immigration lawyer who hid her undocumented past

Qian Julie Wang started working on immigration cases and faced a dilemma

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Detainee EML019: My escape from Manus

How Prison Break 鈥� his favourite TV show 鈥� inspired Jaivet Ealom鈥檚 daring bid for freedom

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Becoming Blair 'the Flair': A boxer on the run, part 1

From Beverly Hills to hiding from the law with his dad, Blair Cobbs has seen it all

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Becoming Blair 'the Flair': a boxer on the run, part 2

Back in the US Blair Cobbs鈥� boxing dream seems out of reach. Will he get a lucky break?

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The master of disaster

What Randall Bell learned about trauma from the world鈥檚 most infamous crime scenes

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The shocking truth about my three dads

DNA tests revealed that Eve Wiley's biological father was not the man she thought

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The Ukrainian opera singer nearly silenced by a bullet

Sergiy Ivanchuk dreamed of stardom, before he was shot in the chest by Russian soldiers

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Tanzania鈥檚 hip-hop politician

Joseph Mbilinyi pioneered Swahili rap and then turned to politics, but ended up in jail

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'That would be my freedom, that would be my escape'

John B眉眉ltjens' BMX bike helped free him from the scars of a traumatic childhood

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鈥業 have to stop it鈥�: The hero of the Club Q shooting

US veteran Richard Fierro faced his biggest test when a shooter threatened his family

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A footballing legend's secret addiction

How Steph Shilton saved husband Peter from a 45-year gambling addiction

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I ran with the men, and changed history

Kathrine Switzer was attacked for running in the men-only 1967 Boston Marathon

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The Nigerian farmer who sued an oil giant

Eric Barizaa Dooh took Shell to court over pollution in a case that stunned the world

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Legends and lies: The perilous life of an undercover cop

Creating convincing characters was a survival skill Liam Thomas learned as a little boy

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Grandma at the Grammys: From seamstress to singing star at 80

Abuela Irma Silva鈥檚 folksong duets with her grandson Jorge led to unexpected success

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Delia Ephron: 鈥業 fell into my own romantic comedy鈥�

How writer Delia Ephron found herself in a love story like her hit film You鈥檝e Got Mail

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The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 1

Sue Dobson was a white South African who risked her life as an ANC secret agent

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