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Blooms in the Desert: The Thriving Filipino Artists of Dubai
Hiraya Features Danabelle Gutierrez Hiraya Features Danabelle Gutierrez

Blooms in the Desert: The Thriving Filipino Artists of Dubai

We’ve always had a different image of what an OFW life in the Middle East looks like. While some depictions we see in mainstream media are still true to this day, an emerging generation of young artists in Dubai is painting a different picture that best represents the infusion of creativity in their lives abroad. Danabelle Gutierrez brings us into the art-advocating city of DXB, where it is no mirage to see Filipino artists thrive in strong and supportive art communities.

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When Filipino Kids Can’t Speak Filipino
Hiraya Features Rona Co Hiraya Features Rona Co

When Filipino Kids Can’t Speak Filipino

Whether it’s your own children, their classmates at school or someone else’s kid at the grocery store, we’ve been hearing a lot of Pinoy children speaking more in English and less in their native tongue. We explore this current trend among Filipino kids and its possible roots and probable consequences on the future of our national language and identity as a people.

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To Have And To Vote
Hiraya Features Kristine Gabriel Hiraya Features Kristine Gabriel

To Have And To Vote

For better or for trapo, for richer or for (an ill-gotten wealth that made us all) poorer, in fake news and in health… wives share what it’s like to be in marriage during, arguably, the most divisive election in Philippine history.

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