Ep 23. The Tiny Mighty Organization: the fight against trafficking in women

This is a story of three worlds. The first is the world in which a very small Sudanese child becomes Irish and learns to speak the Irish language so well that the nuns delighted in showing her skills...

7 Okt 53min

The Nubians were one of the oldest civilisations in the world. From around 3800 BCE, they lived along the Nile in Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. Their sophistication and power not only rivalled...

30 Aug 1h 1min

Stephen Barden talks to veteran Palestinian journalist Shuruq about being a war correspondent who never gets to leave the war zone; who is not only at risk personally but constantly fears for her fami...

6 Aug 57min

Clinical psychologist and GBV case worker talks about her experiences in both psychiatric hospitals and refugee camps, dealing with traumas that - as she puts it- "don't repeat - because they never en...

7 Jun 57min

If you want to know a little more about Lebanon than the usual clichés, this is the episode for you. "You have to get back up. There's no time to stay down" This the personal story of Mohammed ...

24 Mai 48min

Time and distance never quite heal the pain of war and disruption. And neither do they soothe the longing to return. Souad has been away from her beloved Lebanon for 20 years but both its joys and tra...

7 Mai 1h 3min

Some people have poetry in their voice - whether they know it or not. Their words, and the silence in-between, stop you in your tracks. Which is what fine poetry does. Areej has that gift. Whether...

21 Apr 38min

Lebanon Lives: the first of a mini series featuring extraordinary, ordinary people in Lebanon - trying to live their lives while their towns, villages and cities are bombed around them. As host Ste...

13 Apr 55min