Sir Vartan Melkonian: From Beirut street child to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Interview2 Huhti 2021

Sir Vartan Melkonian: From Beirut street child to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Vartan Melkonian began his life as an Armenian refugee in Lebanon, spending his early years in an orphanage outside Beirut, followed by living rough on the streets for many years. He is now a renowned musician, conductor and composer. Zeinab Badawi hears his remarkable story.

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Paula Kahumbu: Saving Africa's wild spaces

Paula Kahumbu: Saving Africa's wild spaces

Stephen Sackur speaks to Paula Kahumbu, CEO for WildlifeDirect, Kenya. Her campaign to protect elephants and other endangered species asks Kenyans to prioritise protection of the country’s wild spaces...

25 Elo 202123min

Gedion Timothewos: Ethiopia's civil war

Gedion Timothewos: Ethiopia's civil war

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Ethiopia’s Attorney General Gedion Timothewos. The conflict between government forces and Tigrayan rebels has cost thousands of lives and revived the spectre of fam...

22 Elo 202122min

Kamila Sidiqi: What future do Afghanistan's women face?

Kamila Sidiqi: What future do Afghanistan's women face?

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Kamila Sidiqi, a leading Afghan women's rights campaigner, entrepreneur and government adviser under President Ghani. She escaped from Kabul as the Taliban took ove...

20 Elo 202123min

Tobias Ellwood: Britain's Afghanistan exit

Tobias Ellwood: Britain's Afghanistan exit

HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to British Conservative MP and former soldier Tobias Ellwood. Two decades after they were expelled from Kabul the hard-line Islamists are back. US and British troops a...

17 Elo 202123min

Aly Raisman: Are gold medals put above athletes' wellbeing?

Aly Raisman: Are gold medals put above athletes' wellbeing?

The athletic excellence seen at the Tokyo Olympics will live long in the memory, but so will the moment the brilliant US gymnast Simone Biles chose not to compete to safeguard her mental and physical ...

16 Elo 202123min

Getachew Reda: What is the endgame for Tigray's rebels?

Getachew Reda: What is the endgame for Tigray's rebels?

The humanitarian suffering in northern Ethiopia is appalling, as conflict continues on multiple fronts. Tigrayan rebel forces have won a string of victories over the Ethiopian military, and Ethiopia’s...

13 Elo 202123min

Daryl Davis: Reaching out to the KKK

Daryl Davis: Reaching out to the KKK

Stephen Sackur speaks to Daryl Davis, a black musician who has spent four decades trying to talk to America’s most diehard racists, the Ku Klux Klan. He claims to have forged friendships with white su...

11 Elo 202123min

Hamid Mir: Is Pakistan a safe place for journalists?

Hamid Mir: Is Pakistan a safe place for journalists?

In the last year, there have been a string of attacks on reporters in Pakistan. The perpetrators remain unknown and unpunished. The government insists Pakistan is a bastion of media freedom. Hamid Mir...

9 Elo 202123min

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