A Myanmar artist navigating statelessness and activism in France

Global Voices tells the story of Yadanar Win, a Myanmar artist exiled in Marseille, France, after the 2021 military coup stripped her country of its democratic government. She's one of many pro-democracy artists whose citizenship was revoked by the junta, leaving her effectively stateless and unable to safely return home. Beyond legal limbo, she describes the toll of rebuilding a life and career in a new country while still working to keep Myanmar's cause visible abroad. As she put it, her small community of exiled artists often struggles to be heard compared to crises drawing wider international attention.

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