Homa Hoodfar, recently released after 112 days imprisoned in Iran

The Maldives was plunged into political crisis when the former president Mohamed Nasheed resigned, claiming to have been forced out of his position. He was succeeded by his former vice president - Mo...

16 Maalis 201223min

A year has passed since the uprising that ended the 30-year rule of Egypt's former president, Hosni Mubarak. Since then the country has struggled to establish democracy and credible elections under ...

14 Maalis 201223min

Tunisia is the first Arab nation to be transformed by people power but how successful has the transition to democracy been? Stephen Sackur talks to Said Ferjani who is a key figure in the Ennahda Move...

12 Maalis 201223min

Hardtalk is in Tunisia a year after the revolution which gave birth to the Arab Spring. Stephen Sackur meets Moncef Marzouki - a man who has undergone an extraordinary transformation from political p...

9 Maalis 201223min

Over the past ten years Jacqueline Wilson has been the most borrowed author from British libraries. She's sold 30 million of her books just in the UK - and written nearly a hundred of them over the ye...

7 Maalis 201223min

Ghana has been hailed as a shining example to all of Africa - a model of democracy, decent governance and responsible economic management in a continent struggling to fulfil its potential. But if Ghan...

5 Maalis 201223min

Turkey is a rising power in a strategically vital region, but does it have the ability to shape events beyond its borders? Officials in Ankara would like to see Turkey inside the EU and providing lead...

2 Maalis 201223min

Politics can be a cruel business. No one knows that better than Britain's former foreign secretary David Miliband. He was hot favourite to lead the UK's Labour party after its dismal 2010 election def...

29 Helmi 201223min