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We gave them cameras to film themselves. Making this documentary in Syria would have otherwise been impossible. Too dangerous! We asked them to tell their stories of revolution and war. They did, sometimes at great risk to themselves and their families. This documentary made for the BBC provides a unique insight into the lives of Syrian women, and tells the story of how this revolution and conflict transformed their lives...
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After months of negotiation, the BBC was granted unprecedented access to Syria’s most controversial news channel, Al Ikhbaria – the truth factory of one of the world’s most reviled regimes. We discover from inside the TV station what it is like to be reporting for Bashar and hear about the sacrifices his reporters are willing to make for him. A channel just two years old, Syria’s state-owned public service broadcaster; a powerhouse of young fresh voices hired to fill viewers with pride and serenity...
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A documentary made for the BBC about the sectarian conflict in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. It paints a chaotic, terrifying and often spectacular picture of what it looks like when two rundown neighbourhoods – one Sunni Muslim, one Alawite – go to war. But how do these clashes work? Although the two neighbourhoods back different sides in the Syrian Civil War and the timing of the fights often reflect wider political tensions in Lebanon...
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