Women in Myanmar are leading the revolution. This ferocity isn't new—but their cause was set back by decades of oppression by the military.
MiMi Aye
Aye is the author of award-winning cookery book Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. She was born and brought up in the U.K. by Burmese parents, but regularly visits friends and family back in Burma. Aye also hosts the food and culture podcast The MSG Pod.
What has finally broken the dam of fear for me and for so many others, and why we are fighting so hard to support the revolution, is seeing a real chance for freedom
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