Fifth Floor

Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.

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A lifeline for Sudan

A lifeline for Sudan

This week, BBC Arabic launched an emergency radio service for Sudan, providing information and advice. Editor Adel Soliman tells us how they're putting together information about essential needs like ...

5 Touko 202341min

Artists targeted by the state

Artists targeted by the state

High profile artists and cultural figures in both Iran and Russia face punishment and restrictions on their work if they speak out against their governments. Following the protests in Iran, and the R...

28 Huhti 202340min

Uganda's child pregnancy problem

Uganda's child pregnancy problem

Since the pandemic, reports from Uganda say there has been a 300% increase in pregnancies among girls aged 10-14. Sexual violence has been further fuelled in the north by the legacy of a 20-year insur...

21 Huhti 202341min

Defending against the death penalty

Defending against the death penalty

Since anti-government protests erupted in Iran following the death in police custody last September of Mahsa Amini, at least 30,000 people have been arrested. While most have been released on bail, it...

14 Huhti 202342min

Indian students returning to Ukraine

Indian students returning to Ukraine

A year ago India evacuated thousands of students, mostly studying medicine, from Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Their arrival home was greeted with great thanks and fanfare, so why have more ...

7 Huhti 202341min

Exposing bogus blindness treatments

Exposing bogus blindness treatments

BBC Arabic’s recent film ‘Blind Faith’ exposes the clinics offering bogus, and potentially dangerous, treatments to people living with an incurable eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, or RP. The...

31 Maalis 202341min

The Fifth Floor in São Paulo

The Fifth Floor in São Paulo

With big political changes in Brazil after a divisive election which brought in a new president, Faranak Amidi is in the country's largest city São Paulo to look at the stories being covered by the BB...

24 Maalis 202341min

Aid, politics and Syria’s earthquake

Aid, politics and Syria’s earthquake

February's earthquake spanned the Turkey-Syria border and refocused international attention on the complicated geopolitics of northern Syria. We hear how the earthquake aid operation presented both c...

17 Maalis 202342min

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