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I came across the following video featured on one of my favorite sites, The Travel Photographer, by Tewfic El-Sawy. He introduces the piece by Javier Morgade with the following preamble:

In my view (and I should know), Javier managed to capture in this short movie the essence of the Egyptian character, the kindness, humor, hospitality and generosity...even their occasional legendary intrusiveness. It saddens me to see the poverty in the alleys of old Cairo, but as always, it's mitigated by the Egyptian talent for being able to share setbacks, poverty, sorrows, and life troubles. No Egyptian is an island...and while they find enormous solace in their extended families and friends, neighbors and even casual acquaintances...they deserve better.

Tibetans In India

Christian Bobst is a documentary photographer based in Switzerland.  Christian produced a slideshow about Tibetan refugees who are living in exile in India where they are allowed to have their own administration, schools, temples and medical system. 

Burma Through The Lens Of Andrea Burman

Andrea Johnson is an award-winning photojournalist serving the wine and spirits, food, and travel industries. Over the last decade, she has produced a compelling body of work for corporate, advertising, editorial, and fine art clients around the globe. Take a look at her photographs of Burma in the above movie, which she made earlier this year.

Yangtze, The Long River

This is both poem, travel journal and odyssey: we witness the journey of photographer Nadav Kander from mouth to source at a time of tumultuous change. He draws us into a landscape highly charged with meaning, it is both distant and present, monumental and intimate.

Along The Grand Trunk Road

An ancient road spans South Asia, connecting the present and the past in a dynamic, and sometimes dangerous, part of the world. NPR journalists travel the route and tell the stories of young people living there, who make up the majority of the populations in India and Pakistan. Views images from the project here.  Photo below by John Poole/NPR.

Afghanistan - A Short Journey

Since 2002, photojournalist David Bathgate traveled Afghanistan covering its unfolding saga of war and civilian struggle for the international press. This is a brief record of his feelings, impressions and experiences there.

Migrating South: Snowbirds In Quartzsite

Every winter Quartzsite, Arizona, livens with activity thanks to over a million visitors. The otherwise barren and quiet town swells with people as it becomes a haven for snowbirds escaping the harsh winters of the north. Many call it Burning Man for the elderly.  Enjoy a visit to this unique destination produced by Ackerman Gruber Images.

Mongolian Racer

Here's a beautiful travel multimedia piece titled Mongolian Racer by The Guardian photographer Dan Chung, and narrated by Tania Branigan that I found on The Travel Photographer site.

The multimedia piece is on a horse trainer and his 10-year-old jockey who face the biggest day of their year at Mongolia's Naadam festival, which dates back to before Genghis Khan's time and celebrates the 'manly sports' of wrestling, archery and racing.

The Mongolian traditional festival of Naadam is also called in the local dialect as "the three games of men". These Mongolian wrestling, horse racing and archery. The festival is held throughout the country during the midsummer holidays, however the largest is in Ulaanbaatar.

For the techies, the piece was shot using Canon 1DmkIV, 5DMkII, 550D and GoPro HD camera, and a load of ancillary gear which is described in length in Dan Chung's blog DSLR News Shooter.

Forgotten On The Roof Of The World

View a 5 minute trailer of the 28 minute multimedia documentary Forgotten on the Roof of the World. It tells the story of a little known tribe of Kirghiz nomads in one of earth's most remote regions, Afghanistan's High Pamirs mountains. Leading the viewer through this people's stories of struggle and survival, of opium addiction and infant mortality, French photographer Matthieu Paley and American anthropologist Ted Callahan narrate the film in word and image. Their documentation covers the tribe's unique barter trade with a small community in Pakistan as well as their routines and traditions, "at home" in Afghanistan. Beneath the surface, the documentary addresses one of humanities most elementary themes - Homeland - giving a global context to the story of a seemingly insignificant forgotten tribe.