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Hamilton "is actually a lot more than a re-telling of American history. Hamilton is an experience. It’s an exhilarating feeling of revolution and change as well as love, ambition and drama that all young people around the world can relate to," writes Matthew Ennis from Liverpool, UK, doing a fine job explaining the phenomena. www.youthjournalism.org/hamiltons-revolution-appeals-to-young-people-everywhere/ ...

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We had to wait for it... but coming soon to our website will be Hamilton commentary from around the world. Check the link in the bio. #hamilton #hamfilm #linmanuelmiranda #movies #broadway #americanrevolution #freedom #liberty #journalism #education #youthjournalisminternational ...

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"I decided to draw a girl who's faceless, except for a percent sign on her face, to symbolize how each woman murdered becomes a statistic. Her hair is chopped off really roughly and the rest of it is tied around her neck. The long hair represents femininity and the fact that the perpetrator is using her hair to strangle her represents the misogyny behind all of these murders. The other hand that is using the scissors to cut off the part of hair that the perpetrator’s hand is clutching represents how these murderers easily get away with their crimes." YJI student Salma Amrou, whose work, coupled with an essay by Bilge Nur Guven of Istanbul, makes up a powerful package about the rising number of women murdered in Turkey. Follow link in bio to read the essay. #istanbul #turkey #femicide #humanrights #women #murder #journalism #education #youthjournalisminternational ...

2 days ago

Newcomer Norah Springborn from tiny Pekin, Illinois makes her YJI debut in a piece that looks at the impact of the Broadway hit Hamilton, which is released on film tomorrow: www.youthjournalism.org/we-no-longer-have-to-wait-for-it-the-hamilton-movie-is-almost-here/ ...

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In a powerful student collaboration, writer Bilge Nur Guven from Istanbul, where women are raising their voices against a stream of murders of women in Turkey shares the impact it has on her. Artist Salma Amrou from Virginia offers a stark commentary via her drawing. Read the piece and see what Salma said about her drawing, included at the end. www.youthjournalism.org/men-get-away-with-murder-in-turkey-women-pay-the-price/ ...