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Marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, our language service colleagues share stories of its influence. With Diloram Ibrahimova from Uzbekistan, Nga Pham from Vietnam, Manoshi Barua from India and Shakeel Anwar from Bangladesh.

I Went to Report, I Came Back a Chief
The 大象传媒's Peter Macjob got more than he bargained for when he reported on a traditional festival in Nigeria's Ogun State. Suffice to say he came back crowned.

The Half-Widows of Diu
Every year hundreds of fishermen from India and Pakistan stray into each other's maritime territory and end up in jail. 大象传媒 Gujarati reporter Roxy Gagdekar met some of the wives left to cope alone for years at a time, the "half-widows".

Somalia's Gabooye
Qalib Barud of 大象传媒 Somali recently reported on discrimination in Somali society against a group of clans commonly referred to as the Gabooye.

Egypt's Golden Age
Angy Ghannam of 大象传媒 Monitoring in Cairo nominates the time of the Pharaohs as Egypt's golden age.

My Tale of Two Cities
Ha Mi of 大象传媒 Vietnamese grew up in the capital Hanoi believing that the southern capital Saigon - now Ho Chi Minh City - was a hostile place. She explains how her feelings for Vietnam's second city changed.

(Photo: T-shirts portraying Karl Marx, Lenin, Che Guevara and Bob Marley. Credit: Andre Vieira/Getty Images)