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Syria: Two women, ten years on
It has been ten years since the start of the Syrian civil war. The lives of Syrians were turned upside down and many fled the country. BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab tells the contrasting stories of two women - one is still in Damascus and the other now lives in Beirut.
My Home Town: Shovot, Uzbekistan
Candyfloss, dancing in the park, and a secret library: Ibrat Safo of BBC Uzbek takes us to his hometown in north-west Uzbekistan.
Chernobyl forest fires
Forest fires are increasingly in the news around the world. But what happens when the forest is radioactive? Zhanna Bezpiatchuk of BBC Ukrainian has made a documentary called 'Are forest fires unlocking radiation in Chernobyl?', which tells the stories of firefighters who tackled last year's wildfires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Kafeel Khan: the doctor who took on the government
How did an Indian doctor hailed as a hero after a medical emergency become labelled a ‘career criminal’? Khadeeja Arif of BBC Urdu has been following Dr Kafeel Khan from one jail sentence to another, and she tells us what light his story sheds on politics in India today.
‘I am my song’
Afghan women and girls protested in song after a recent announcement that public singing would be banned for girls over the age of 12. After a social media storm of musical protest, the Education Ministry backed down. Zuhal Ahad, women's affairs journalist at BBC Kabul, was among those shocked by the original announcement.
Image: Syrian artist painting mural
Credit: BBC
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It has been ten years since the start of the Syrian civil war. The lives of Syrians were turned upside down and many fled the country. BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab tells the contrasting stories of two women - one is still in Damascus and the other now lives in Beirut.
My Home Town: Shovot, Uzbekistan
Candyfloss, dancing in the park, and a secret library: Ibrat Safo of BBC Uzbek takes us to his hometown in north-west Uzbekistan.
Chernobyl forest fires
Forest fires are increasingly in the news around the world. But what happens when the forest is radioactive? Zhanna Bezpiatchuk of BBC Ukrainian has made a documentary called 'Are forest fires unlocking radiation in Chernobyl?', which tells the stories of firefighters who tackled last year's wildfires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Kafeel Khan: the doctor who took on the government
How did an Indian doctor hailed as a hero after a medical emergency become labelled a ‘career criminal’? Khadeeja Arif of BBC Urdu has been following Dr Kafeel Khan from one jail sentence to another, and she tells us what light his story sheds on politics in India today.
‘I am my song’
Afghan women and girls protested in song after a recent announcement that public singing would be banned for girls over the age of 12. After a social media storm of musical protest, the Education Ministry backed down. Zuhal Ahad, women's affairs journalist at BBC Kabul, was among those shocked by the original announcement.
Image: Syrian artist painting mural
Credit: BBC
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