A journalist’s life in Israel
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20 of 401 episodesMy Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It’s a period of prayer, celebrations and community gatherings and Muslims worldwide obs...
From prison to president
After an election held just days after his release from prison, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's next president, and at 44,...
Women's radio in Afghanistan
As a new school year starts in Afghanistan, 330,000 more girls will be excluded from secondary education, one of the ways in which women and...
Israel’s Orthodox Jews and the army
The war in Gaza is forcing Israeli society to confront a long-standing conflict over who serves in the army. Ultra-Orthodox Jews enjoy an ex...
The gangs of Haiti
The Caribbean nation of Haiti is in the grip of gang violence, with armed groups controlling much of the country. The lawlessness came to a...
Searching for missing migrants
The Eagles of the Desert are a group of volunteers who look for migrants who've been reported missing while crossing the hazardous Sonoran D...
Living with war: Ukraine's new normal
Two years after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, we hear from colleagues in BBC Ukrainian about life in Kyiv. How different is th...
Medicines and cinema: Gaza Lifeline
BBC Arabic's Gaza Lifeline launched 3 months ago to provide life-saving information for citizens forced from their homes by the ongoing war...
What is happening at Zaporizhzhia?
There have been concerns about the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, which was seized by Russian forces...
Election symbols in Pakistan
Electoral symbols are crucial in Pakistani elections, helping illiterate voters find their party on the ballot paper. So when Pakistan's Sup...
Balochistan: Iran Pakistan conflict
This month Iran launched a missile attack into Pakistan's Balochistan region, claiming to target an Iranian anti-regime militant group based...
Bring them home: Israel's hostages
Since the 7th October attacks, BBC Arabic's Michael Shuval has interviewed many of the families of those abducted by Hamas and held captive...
Discovering the real TB Joshua
A BBC Africa Eye investigation has found evidence of widespread abuse and torture by the late TB Joshua, founder of the Synagogue Church of...
Rushdi Abualouf: family, work and war
The BBC’s Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf reported from Gaza for more than 20 years, but last November he and his family left for the saf...
Stories of hope and joy
BBC language service journalists share stories and experiences that lifted their spirits in a year with more than its fair share of tragic n...
Ukraine: ancient and modern
Presented by Irena Taranyuk A stalled front line and diplomatic challenges - we look at the pressures on Ukraine with Vitaliy Shevchenko, Ru...
Somalia after the floods
Somalia is struggling with the aftermath of its worst floods for many decades, which have affected more than two million people. Some were a...
Breathless: the human cost of flaring
A BBC Arabic investigation has revealed that toxic pollutants released during gas flaring are endangering millions more people than previous...
Sudan's IDP crisis
It's seven months since fighting in Sudan erupted between the national army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Peace talks in Saudi...
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