Essay
![The new ‘Candyman’, like the black horror genre in general, is having an identity crisis](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Copy-of-Backgrounds-1.png)
The new ‘Candyman’, like the black horror genre in general, is having an identity crisis
Kemi Alemoru
![Five Women, Vijf Vrowen, Lima Wanita: 300 years of the Indo diaspora](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Forgotten-Diasporas_Indo-People.png)
Five Women, Vijf Vrowen, Lima Wanita: 300 years of the Indo diaspora
Marijke Stoll & Editors
![As Afghans, we burn our identities to survive, and to resist](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-31-August-2021-13.28-3-2.jpg)
As Afghans, we burn our identities to survive, and to resist
Sahar Fetrat & Editors
![The UK’s first ESEA Heritage Month is an overdue celebration, and a vision for our future](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/galdem-asia-illo.jpg)
The UK’s first ESEA Heritage Month is an overdue celebration, and a vision for our future
Mai-Anh Peterson
![There are only three Jewish people left in Iraq. Where did they all go?](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Forgotten-Diasporas_Iraqi-Jews.png)
There are only three Jewish people left in Iraq. Where did they all go?
Sandy Rashty & Editors
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![Cape Malay: a South African Muslim identity borne out of colonialism](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Forgotten-Diasporas_Cape-Malay-1.png)
Cape Malay: a South African Muslim identity borne out of colonialism
Yaseen Kader & Editors
![Navigating vaginismus when sex before marriage is taboo in your culture](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-16-August-2021-16.21-3.jpg)
Navigating vaginismus when sex before marriage is taboo in your culture
Sarah N & Editors
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![Why I’m divesting from the big fat desi wedding](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-design-17.png)
Why I’m divesting from the big fat desi wedding
Anmol Irfan
![Why the recent deaths of ESEA women in the UK feel so close to home](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/gal-dem-draft-1.jpg)
Why the recent deaths of ESEA women in the UK feel so close to home
Suyin Haynes
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![Swipe left: Why I’m no longer sacrificing myself for crumbs of love](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/IMG_1182-scaled.jpg)
Swipe left: Why I’m no longer sacrificing myself for crumbs of love
Shanice Dover
![I travelled to Palestine to find my mother’s orange tree](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Persian-exceptionalism.png)
I travelled to Palestine to find my mother’s orange tree
Mona Hajjar Halaby & Editors
![Why I’m no longer calling myself Persian](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Untitled-design-13.png)