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Items by Nada El-Hammoud
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One Day in Gaza
One Day in Gaza is a BBC Current Affairs production for BBC and WGBH/Frontline made by award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert and broadcast on Monday, 13 May, 2019, on BBC2....
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Weldi
The pandemic of extremism is an issue all too familiar to a 21st century audience. Although droves of impressionable, misguided young people leave everything behind to join groups such as Daesh, the focus is usually on what happens to them after making this catastrophic decision; only rarely are their...
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Freedom Fields
In the dingy backstreets of Libya, illuminated only by the headlights of parked cars, a group of women play football. A not uncommon sight in other places is warped eerily by the clandestine nature of the game, but the need for these women to play under the cover of...
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‘Shock and Awe’: The Truth About America’s Invasion of Iraq
On 20 March 2003, American troops began a month-long invasion of Iraq. Aided by Great Britain and smaller groups from other countries, they quickly overpowered the Iraqi military forces. But what was supposed to be a brief conflict in which America emerged victorious quickly catalysed into one of the...
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The Insult
“We live in the Middle East. The word ‘offensive’ was born here,” says a character in the film – if one sentence could sum up “The Insult” in its entirety that would be it. Ziad Doueiri, director of the critically acclaimed award-winner “West Beirut” (1998) delivers another hard-hitting cultural-commentary...
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Refugees twice over, Palestinians from Syria feel ‘unwelcome’ in Lebanon
Rashidieh was built in 1963 by UNRWA to accommodate Palestinian refugees ...
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Syrian refugee: ‘Europeans are using our name to make money’
Fatima’s husband and two of her brothers were killed by fighters in Syria. Fearing for her children’s lives, she escaped her homeland and embarked on an arduous journey to Morocco where the family posed as Moroccans and were able to cross into Europe. “Arriving in France was like the end...
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This is Palestine
John McColgan journeyed through the occupied Palestinian territories to witness the struggles endured by Palestinians and the inspiring partnerships which aim to improve people's lives...
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Salt Houses: A story of Palestinians without Palestine
On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, Salma reads the young girl’s future in the dregs of a coffee cup. She realises that her daughter, Alia, will have an unsettled life, and though she lies to ease Alia’s mood it becomes clear that the portentous message found at the...
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100 Balfour Road
The 2 November this year marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration – 100 years since Britain signed over a country that it did not own, displacing nearly a million people at the time. It’s one of the most crucial points in modern British history, yet any mention of...