The animals of Tbilisi Zoo have been hit by war, hunger and natural disaster over the past decades. Adding to the animals' plight, the zoo administration has struggled to improve conditions as it loses territory to urban development. While the city is building a new, modern zoo outside the city center, the process is slow, leaving the animals caught in a constant state of transition.
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Maradia Tsaava
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Tornike Psuturi, 24, has had a life-long love affair with Hebrew. It was fueled by a passion for the bible as a child, and dreams of traveling to Israel. So when he graduated from high school in 2014, Tornike jumped at the chance to major in Hebrew at Tbilisi State University at the Hebrew-Aramaic faculty.
For Georgian scholars, learning Hebrew becomes labor of love
Child and adolescent depression and anxiety grew 25 percent globally due to the pandemic.
Covid’s silent victims: Children in Georgia struggle with depression, anxiety
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When finally Marisha reaches her final year of university and moves to the capital Tbilisi after the pandemic, she discovers that student life is much harder than she expected. The absence of affordable housing threatens to disrupt her studies.