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Good news! We'll be back with some brand new episodes starting next month. But in the meantime, here's another classic episode from the archives.   Mark is joined by award-winning journalist Ramita Navai for a special extended interview about the Middle East. From Israel's war crimes in Gaza, to life under the Taliban, and the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement in Iran. Informed, entertaining and shocking, subjects range from the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, whose death sentence was thankfully overturned by the regime after worldwide condemnation – to the hackers who filmed a pro-Iranian regime journalist masturbating to porn in his office. As a British-Iranian journalist, Ramita has won an Emmy and other awards for documentaries such as Afghanistan Undercover, ISIS and the Battle for Iraq, Undercover Syria, and Breaking Into Israel. If you want to understand What The F*** Is Going On in the Middle East, this is the episode for you.   Follow Ramita Navai @ramitanavai   Follow What The F*** Is Going On? With Mark Steel @wtfisgoingonpod   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, chosen by Julia Bradbury A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, chosen by Ramita Navai An Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, chosen by presenter Harriett GilbertTV presenter, author and walking enthusiast Julia Bradbury recommends a fiction book by Matt Haig, How to Stop Time, which brings to life the idea of living forever.Award-winning British-Iranian investigative journalist, documentary maker and author Ramita Navai shares the epic novel A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, his Dickensian masterpiece of modern India.And Harriett's choice is An Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, capturing four ladies' unforgettable holiday on the Italian Riviera.Produced by Beth O'Dea for BBC Audio Bristol Follow us on instagram: agoodreadbbc

Mark is joined by award-winning journalist Ramita Navai for a special extended interview about the Middle East. From Israel's war crimes in Gaza, to life under the Taliban, and the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement in Iran.   Informed, entertaining and shocking, subjects range from the Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, currently sentenced to death by the regime – to the hackers who filmed a pro-Iranian regime journalist masturbating to porn in his office.   As a British-Iranian journalist, Ramita has won an Emmy and other awards for documentaries such as Afghanistan Undercover, ISIS and the Battle for Iraq, Undercover Syria, and Breaking Into Israel.   If you want to understand What The F*** Is Going On in the Middle East, this is the episode for you.    Get ad-free extended episodes, early access and exclusive content on Patreon:   https://www.patreon.com/wtfisgoingonpod   Follow What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel on Twitter @wtfisgoingonpod   Follow Mark Steel @mrmarksteel   Follow Ramita Navai @ramitanavai   And visit our website www.whatthefisgoingonpodcast.co.uk for more information.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The BAFTA TV Awards are coming... and we thought we'd share this fascinating new podcast from BAFTA that explores the nominees.It's calles Countdown To The BAFTAs, and it's made by the producers of The Media Podcast (and has a few familar voices in it too).Alex Zane is your host - in this episode he reveals the documentaries in contention - what does the Spider-Man of Paris have in common with The Enfield Poltergeist? Find out as Alex is joined by TV exec Faraz Osman and foreign affairs journalist, documentary filmmaker and author Ramita Navai to discuss a challenging yet creatively ambitious year for factual production teams.The nominees discussed:FACTUAL SERIESDUBLIN NARCOS Benedict Sanderson, Claire McFall, Sacha Baveystock, Edmund Coulthard, Megan Taylor, Laura Dunne – Blast! Films / Sky DocumentariesEVACUATION Production Team - Wonderhood Studios / Channel 4LOCKERBIE Nancy Strang, John Dower, Claire McFall, Barnaby Fry, Dejan Cancar, Charlie Hawryliw - Mindhouse Productions / Sky DocumentariesONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND Production Team - KEO Films, Walk On Air Films, The Open University / BBC TwoSINGLE DOCUMENTARYDAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED Dan Hartley, Kevin Konak, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares - Lightbox, HBO / SkyDocumentariesELLIE SIMMONDS: FINDING MY SECRET FAMILY Jasleen Sethi, David Thompson, Colleen Flynn, Kathryn Jein, Nick Underhill - Flicker Productions / ITV1HATTON Daniel Dewsbury, Paul Yoshida, Sam Bergson, Ian Davies, John McKenna - Noah Media Group / Sky DocumentariesVJERAN TOMIC: THE SPIDER-MAN OF PARIS Jamie Roberts, Dan Reed - Amos Pictures / NetflixSPECIALIST FACTUALCHIMP EMPIRE James Reed, Matt Houghton, Callum Webster, Matt Cole - KEO Films, Underdog Films / NetflixTHE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST Jerry Rothwell , Al Morrow, Stewart le Maréchal, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Davis Guggenheim - MetFilm, Concordia Studio / Apple TV+FORCED OUT Luke Korzun Martin, Sophie Perrins, Chibuikem Oforka, Josh Green, Tom Pullen, Richard Bond - Dragonfly / Sky DocumentariesWHITE NANNY, BLACK CHILD Andy Mundy-Castle, Natasha Dack Ojumu, Rochelle Newman, Zeb Achonu, Ross Leppard, Rachael McLean-Anderson - Doc Hearts, TigerLily Productions, BFI / Channel 5 Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the Spider-Man of Paris have in common with The Enfield Poltergeist? Alex Zane reveals the documentaries in contention for the BAFTA TV Awards 2024 with P&O Cruises.Find out as Alex is joined by TV exec Faraz Osman and foreign affairs journalist, documentary filmmaker and author Ramita Navai to discuss a challenging yet creatively ambitious year for factual production teams.FACTUAL SERIESDUBLIN NARCOS Benedict Sanderson, Claire McFall, Sacha Baveystock, Edmund Coulthard, Megan Taylor, Laura Dunne – Blast! Films / Sky DocumentariesEVACUATION Production Team - Wonderhood Studios / Channel 4LOCKERBIE Nancy Strang, John Dower, Claire McFall, Barnaby Fry, Dejan Cancar, Charlie Hawryliw - Mindhouse Productions / Sky DocumentariesONCE UPON A TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND Production Team - KEO Films, Walk On Air Films, The Open University / BBC TwoSINGLE DOCUMENTARYDAVID HOLMES: THE BOY WHO LIVED Dan Hartley, Kevin Konak, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares - Lightbox, HBO / Sky DocumentariesELLIE SIMMONDS: FINDING MY SECRET FAMILY Jasleen Sethi, David Thompson, Colleen Flynn, Kathryn Jein, Nick Underhill - Flicker Productions / ITV1HATTON Daniel Dewsbury, Paul Yoshida, Sam Bergson, Ian Davies, John McKenna - Noah Media Group / Sky DocumentariesVJERAN TOMIC: THE SPIDER-MAN OF PARIS Jamie Roberts, Dan Reed - Amos Pictures / NetflixSPECIALIST FACTUALCHIMP EMPIRE James Reed, Matt Houghton, Callum Webster, Matt Cole - KEO Films, Underdog Films / NetflixTHE ENFIELD POLTERGEIST Jerry Rothwell , Al Morrow, Stewart le Maréchal, Nicole Stott, Jonathan Silberberg, Davis Guggenheim - MetFilm, Concordia Studio / Apple TV+FORCED OUT Luke Korzun Martin, Sophie Perrins, Chibuikem Oforka, Josh Green, Tom Pullen, Richard Bond - Dragonfly / Sky DocumentariesWHITE NANNY, BLACK CHILD Andy Mundy-Castle, Natasha Dack Ojumu, Rochelle Newman, Zeb Achonu, Ross Leppard, Rachael McLean-Anderson - Doc Hearts, TigerLily Productions, BFI / Channel 5 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The death of Mahsa Amini sparked the largest and longest-running anti-regime protests in the history of the Islamic Republic. While the world looked on at the uprising and crackdown that followed, journalists travelled in secret to Iran, to reveal the human rights abuse taking place across the country.So, how did they film under such a hard-line regime? And what did they discover?Producer and Director Gesbeen Mohammed and British-Iranian journalist Ramita Navai, tell Tom Bradby what you need to know… To hear more on this, tune in this Sunday 29th October, on ITV1 at 22:20 to watch Exposure Inside Iran: The Fight for Freedom.

In 1975, during the final days of the Vietnam War, most of the world was unaware that the North Vietnamese were advancing a new breed of nuclear reactor, gifted to the South by the United States government. Not only was it technology the North's Russian allies did not yet have, it was also a source of weapons-grade nuclear fuel. As a last resort, the US discussed bombing the facility, risking nuclear fallout, rather than risk the technology falling into Soviet hands. To avoid humanitarian and environmental disaster, a physicist from Idaho in the US, called Wally Hendrickson, volunteered to be dropped into the front line to remove the fuel rods from the reactor. He speaks to Ramita Navai. A Two Degrees West production for BBC World Service. (Photo: Dalat nuclear institute. Credit: Diane Selwyn)

In 1979, Iran's pro-Western Shah was overthrown by Ayatollah Khomeini, ushering in the Iranian Revolution and Iran's shift to an Islamic Republic. But the hope many people thought Khomeini represented, quickly soured as his zeal led to increasing amounts of oppression. And despite it all, this revolution still holds strong today, only recently starting to face real threats to its stability. So how has it lasted so long? What do the women's rights protests mean for Iran's future? And what was it really like to live through the revolution? This week, we're joined by award-winning British-Iranian journalist, documentary producer and author, Ramita Navai, to talk through the history and her personal experiences with the Iranian Revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ramita Navai is a foreign affairs journalist who investigates human rights abuses and conflict around the world. She has reported from war zones and hostile territories in over forty countries, and although good at compartmentalising the trauma she's witnessed, nothing could prepare her for the grief she felt when her own father died three years ago. In this episode, she speaks to Mary-Frances O'Connor, an associate professor at the University of Arizona, who runs the grief, loss and social stress (Glass) lab, which explores the effects of grief on the brain and the body. Together, they talk about the impact of grief on the mind and body, and how to navigate through it. Produced by Caitlin Hobbs for BBC Audio

As a journalist who investigates human rights abuses and conflict in countries that can be tricky to operate in, Ramita Navai is good at compartmentalising the trauma she's seen and feels mentally resilient. But when her own father died three years ago, she was - and still is - overwhelmed by the grief. She talks to bestselling author and friend, Richard Osman about his experience of grieving for his estranged father compared with her own. Produced by Caitlin Hobbs for BBC Audio.

The Guilty Feminist bonus episode – Iran continued Presented by Deborah Frances-White with special guests Ramita Navai and Rogine BabaeiRecorded 9 January in London. Released 11 January 2023.The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon.More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about our guests and the Iranian protestshttps://www.instagram.com/senoritaramitahttps://www.womanlifefreedom.todayhttps://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/woman-life-freedomhttps://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/iranFor more information about this and other episodes…visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.comtweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempodlike our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeministcheck out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeministor join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPTOur new podcasts are out nowMedia Storm https://podfollow.com/media-stormAbsolute Power https://podfollow.com/john-bercows-absolute-powerFOC it UP Comedy Club https://podfollow.com/foc-it-up-comedy-clubCome to a live recordingDublin, 24 January: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-dublin-24-01-2023/event/18005D85A436BE8EKings Place, 26 January: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-guilty-feminist-4/Rose Theatre, 5pm on 29 January: https://rosetheatre.org/whats-on/the-guilty-feministThank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Guilty Feminist episode 340: IranPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Shaparak Khorsandi with special guests Ramita Navai and Rogine Babaei Recorded 5 January at Soho Theatre in London. Released 9 January 2023.The Guilty Feminist theme by Mark Hodge and produced by Nick Sheldon.More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deborahfrances-white.comhttps://twitter.com/DeborahFWhttps://www.virago.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-bookMore about Shaparak Khorsandihttps://twitter.com/ShappiKhorsandihttps://www.instagram.com/shappikhorsandiMore about our guests and the Iranian protestshttps://www.instagram.com/senoritaramitahttps://www.womanlifefreedom.todayhttps://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/woman-life-freedomhttps://www.hrw.org/world-report/2021/country-chapters/iranGrace Petrie is on tour in Australia: https://gracepetrie.com/gigsFor more information about this and other episodes…visit https://www.guiltyfeminist.comtweet us https://www.twitter.com/guiltfempodlike our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/guiltyfeministcheck out our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theguiltyfeministor join our mailing list http://www.eepurl.com/bRfSPTOur new podcasts are out nowMedia Storm https://podfollow.com/media-stormFOC it UP Comedy Club https://podfollow.com/foc-it-up-comedy-clubAbsolute Power https://podfollow.com/john-bercows-absolute-powerCome to a live recordingDublin, 24 January: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/the-guilty-feminist-dublin-24-01-2023/event/18005D85A436BE8EKings Place, 26 January: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-guilty-feminist-4/Rose Theatre, 5pm on 29 January: https://rosetheatre.org/whats-on/the-guilty-feministThank you to our amazing Patreon supporters.To support the podcast yourself, go to https://www.patreon.com/guiltyfeminist Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For more than two months, Iran has been rocked by protests ignited by the death of 22-year-old Mahsi Amini at the hands of the morality police. The unrest has continued steadily as women and a disproportionately young generation seek a better way of life. Why have these protests proved so durable and will it break the regime? Andrew Mueller speaks to Ramita Navai, Negin Shiraghaei and Holly Dagres.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest on this episode of Raise Her Up is Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, foreign correspondent - and GDST alumna - Ramita Navai, who has reported from conflict zones including Syria, Afghanistan and Iran. In her podcast In The Line of Fire, she speaks to fellow war reporters about their experiences. She joins us on this episode to give us insights into her undercover work, how she prepares to go into hostile territory, her experiences as a female reporter - and why she would still recommend her profession to budding journalists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mona, Rebecca, and Mark are joined by award winning political journalists Ramita Navai and Karim Shah to discuss the realities faced by Afghan Immigrants.A link to their documentary can be found at https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/afghanistan-undercover/Have a topic or question you would like covered on a future episode of EB-5 Investment Voice? Let us know over at https://mshahlaw.com/contact-us/ or using the contact details below.Phone: 212-233-7473Email: info@mshahlaw.comTo discover the show notes on this episode as well as other topics, information, and resources; please head over to https://mshahlaw.com/Podcast/

Monocle 24's Andrew Mueller, journalist and film-maker Ramita Navai and former US diplomat Lew Lukens on Joe Biden's UN speech and anti-mobilisation protests in Russia. Plus: demonstrations in Iran, a scandal in the chess world and Carolina Abbott Galvão on the Henge Pavilion installation at the London Design Festival.

Over this past year, the Taliban have broken their promises to allow girls to continue their schooling and women to keep their jobs. Many girls and women are disappearing — arrested for violating the morality code, or abducted and forced to marry one of the Taliban. We talk with British/Iranian journalist Ramita Navai, who went undercover to speak to women who were victimized by the Taliban, and women working underground to help women escape brutality. Her new PBS Frontline documentary is called Afghanistan Undercover. Also, we talk with Will Bunch, author of After the Ivory Tower Falls, about how college tuition became so expensive, driving students and parents into debt. Justin Chang reviews the film Ali & Ava.

Over this past year, the Taliban have broken their promises to allow girls to continue their schooling and women to keep their jobs. Many girls and women are disappearing — arrested for violating the morality code, or abducted and forced to marry one of the Taliban. We talk with British/Iranian journalist Ramita Navai, who went undercover to speak to women who were victimized by the Taliban, and women working underground to help women escape brutality. Her new PBS Frontline documentary is called Afghanistan Undercover. Also, we talk with Will Bunch, author of After the Ivory Tower Falls, about how college tuition became so expensive, driving students and parents into debt. Justin Chang reviews the film Ali & Ava.

After U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan last year and the Taliban swept into power, FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai and colleagues traveled the country, investigating the Taliban regime's treatment of women. The resulting documentary, Afghanistan Undercover, revealed the harrowing realities women faced in Afghanistan. In this episode of The FRONTLINE Dispatch, Navai talked with FRONTLINE executive producer and editor-in-chief Raney Aronson-Rath about reporting a story the Taliban didn't want told, including secretly filming on the grounds of a prison in Herat, Afghanistan, where women said they were being held without trial. “We needed that evidence,” Navai said. “We heard what was happening. We needed to see it for ourselves.” Afghanistan Undercover is now streaming on FRONTLINE's website, the PBS Video App and FRONTLINE's YouTube channel. Want to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter.

First hand reports from Afghanistan, Cambodia, Estonia, Lebanon and the German village of Oberammergau. Taliban promises to respect women's rights seem to be fading. Reports have emerged of Afghan women being arrested for alleged “moral crimes,” and thrown in prison without charge. Ramita Navai managed to get into one of the prisons where these women are being held. Cambodia has some of the greatest Buddhist sites in the world, but many of these have suffered at the hand of looters. As Celia Hatton discovered, some of this theft has occurred very recently. Estonia is attempting to win over its Russian-speaking minority. One third of the country speak Russian as their first language, and in some regions, almost everyone does. Could Vladimir Putin use an alleged attack on Russian speakers' rights as an excuse to intervene? Estonia's innovative strategy is to offer them a series of fun events in the Estonian language, which Lucy Ash went to watch. The politics of Lebanon are complex, and often bitterly divided. Lebanon held an election last weekend, against a backdrop of economic collapse. Leila Molana-Allen found many voters hoping that this time round, change may be afoot, although predictable cynicism was also evident. This year, there is a new donkey for the Oberammergau Passion Play. In a tradition going back to the Seventeenth Century, two thousand residents of this small village in Bavaria present the tale of Jesus Christ and the crucifixion, for one season, every decade. Obergammerau has once again welcomed spectators to what is a unique performance. Adrian Bridge went to meet the cast.

What can facing death and danger teach us about humanity and the world we live in, and what wisdom can be learned from working in war zones?  In this brand new series, foreign correspondent Ramita Navai, renowned for seeking the ‘story behind the story', talks to a fellow war reporter about the life-changing moment they faced death.    As guests recount jaw-dropping stories, many never told before of kidnap and danger, they explore how the experience forever altered their outlook, and what it revealed about the way the world really works - the good and the bad.   Please subscribe to make sure you get the latest episodes as soon as they are released.

A brand new comedic quiz hosted by Richard Osman that poses one simple question - do you know how old people are? Part quiz show, part panel show, and sometimes part chat show - The Birthday Cake Game is always play-along and full of entertaining guesses, with some surprising take home facts. The trio joining Richard this week, battling to prove they're the best at working out ages and to take home the coveted birthday cake, are Catherine Bohart, Ivo Graham and Ramita Navai. Tune in to find out who comes out on top and see if you can beat the players and score higher at home. Production Manager: Ellie Threlfall Production Executive: Gemma Whitford Producer: Tamara Gilder A Remarkable production for BBC Radio 4

In part four of our historical summer series, we travel back to 1979 to examine the Iran Hostage Crisis. Where is the Ayatollah Khomeini going with this? What are President Carter's options? And how, why, and when did relations between the United States and Iran deteriorate to this perilous point? Andrew Mueller speaks to Ramita Navai, Holly Dagres, Vali Nasr, and Lew Lukens. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 17 of the NüVoices Podcast is here! This week, Alice Xin Liu is joined by co-host Zhāng Líjīa 张丽佳. The two interviewed Zōu Shuǎng 邹爽, a director and playwright. As of 2018, she was made the artistic director of the Beijing Music Festival, following in the footsteps of legendary conductor Maestro Yú Lóng 余隆. She was recently nominated at the 2019 International Opera Awards in London in the Newcomer category for her work as a director. Coming from a musical household, Shuǎng had always been interested in performance art. The three dive into her past - first as a student in London, and her introduction to the world of opera as a director’s assistant. After returning to Beijing, she tried her hand at the formidable task of adapting European works of musical theater for Chinese audiences, the younger crowd in particular. Nowadays, she spends divides her time between the U.K. and China, working across different mediums, genres and cultures. In the self-care and recommendations section, Alice recommends the band “New Pants”, or xīn kùzi 新裤子 and their song I Love You, Wǒ Aì Nǐ 我爱你. Líjīa recommends City of Lies: Love, Sex, Death, and the Search for Truth in Tehran by Ramita Navai. To end this episode, Shuǎng recommends Miracles of Life by J.G. Ballard and the album Sleep by Max Richter.

Channel 4’s Unreported World is the UK’s longest-running foreign affairs programme. Rooted in the lives of ordinary people in extraordinary situations the series has given a voice to those who normally remain unheard, often the in toughest places on earth. Here documentary filmmaker Edward Watts, journalist Ramita Navai, exectutive producer Eamonn Matthews and Channel 4's comissioning editor for news and current affairs, discuss the series with host by Tulip Mazu. Find out more about BAFTA's heritage at www.bafta.org/heritage

This month we talk to Ramita Navai about her fascinating book CITY OF LIES: Love, Sex, Death & the Search for Truth in Tehran, and discuss the hidden cities of literature, both real and imaginary.

Iran is a divided nation. Politically, the regimes support among its most stalwart supporters has dwindled. Iranian efforts at reform ebb and flow. At the same time, clashes between modernity and tradition rage on- often beneath an surface calmRamita Navai is an Iranian-English journalist with a penchant for reporting from dangerous places and a nose for finding the outcasts, underdogs and critics who fill out the story of a societyIn her book, "City of Lies,"  she takes us into the forbidden warrens of Tehran, Irans capital, to meet the people who face punishment, even death , for daring to live as they feel.

Governments that impose repressive policies on their populations often must contend with citizens that are intent on doing exactly what is not allowed. In Tehran, the largest city in Iran, the situation is no different. Ramita Navai witnessed this first hand as an undercover journalist reporting the stories of city dwellers attempting to conduct their personal lives under a watchful government eye. What is revealed is a Tehran so riddled with social, political, sexual and religious contradictions that in order to survive in the city, many must learn to lie. Navai will discuss the startling realities of living behind a veil of necessary falsehoods while giving a backstreet glimpse of modern Tehran.Speaker Ramita Navai is a journalist and author.For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1338

Honduras: The Lost Girls. Ramita Navai and Talya Tibbon investigate the disappearance of hundreds of young Honduran women who have been enticed over the Mexican border and forced into the sex trade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Om syrier i exil som i skuggan av regimens våldsamma repression samlar sina styrkor för att väcka världen. Möt syriska desertörer på syrisk-libanesiska gränsen i spänd väntan på order att attackera. Hör också om den djupa splittringen mellan Assadklanens motståndare och anhängare - borde omvärlden ingripa, eller har den helt missförstått regimens förtjänster? Det som började som fredliga protester mot diktaturen i Syrien har på senare tid fått allt fler inslag av väpnat motstånd. Den gångna veckan har det kommit dagliga rapporter om väpnade attacker o blodiga sammandrabbingar mellan regeringsstyrkor och avhoppade soldater som har anslutit sig till rebellarmén Fria Syriska Armen. Gruppen, som enligt egna uppgifter består av nära 20.000 syriska desertörer, är utspridd utmed gränsen mot Syrien men har sitt fäste i Turkiet. Vid Libanons gräns mot Syrien har frilansreportern Alexandra Sandels träffat en syrisk officer och soldater som har gått med i rebellgruppen. Syrier i Sverige följer utvecklingen i landet på nära håll. Många arbetar hårt för att försöka påverka den svenska regeringen att tydligare ta ställning för den syriska oppositionen och för det nybildade syriska nationella rådet, den paraplyorganisation som samlar flest oppositionsgrupper och framför allt är verksam utanför Syrien. Lotten Collin följde med några av dom syriska aktivister i Stockholm som inte längre stillatigande vill se på när anhöriga å vänner fängslas i hemlandet. Men det är ett mödosamt arbete att få svenskarna att engagera sig i Syrien-frågan. Hur tänker egentligen de syrier som kan uppfattas försvara regimen? Eller är det regimen de vill försvara? På några håll i landet har det den gångna veckan ordnats demonstrationer som samlat hundratals personer - i Stockholm över 500 - i protest mot bilden av protesterna i Syrien och till stöd för Bashar al Assad. Den manifestationen ordnades av helt nybildade Syriens stödkommitté; en paraplyorganisation för några syriska, libanesiska och palestinska lokal- och kulturföreningar och, enligt vad de själva uppger, ett tusental medlemmar. Konflikts Mikael Olsson sökte upp den nyvalde ordföranden för kommittén. Det är inte bara de som sätter ett hopp till Bashar al-Assads person som känner oro för vad som ska hända om eller när hans regim faller. Också bland de som inget hellre vill än att han lämnar makten finns en rädsla för vad som ska hända i det vakum som kan uppstå efter en regimkollaps. På inbjudan av det socialdemokratiska partiet samlades i veckan demokratiaktivister med rötter i flera arabländer, däribland Syrien, i Stockholm för att diskutera kommande utmaningar och få en konkret bild av hur demokratiarbete går till. Vi mötte dem just som dagens seminarium höll på att avrundas och en rundtur i riksdagshuset skulle ta vid. Att få en entydig bild av vad som händer i Syrien är alltså svårt. En anledning till det, är att så lite information kommer ut innifrån själva Syrien. De personer inne i landet som vågar berätta för världen vad som händer utsätter sig för stora risker. Riskfyllt - om än inte i lika hög grad - är det också för de utländska journalister som lyckas ta sig in i det stängda Syrien. Den brittiska dokumentärfilmaren Ramita Navai är en av få utländska journalister som har fångat en bild av protesterna inifrån Syrien. I september spelade hon in dokumentärfilmen "Undercover Syria" för brittiska Channel fours program Unreported world. Filmen visar ett land i uppror, där läkare berättar om hur aktivister blivit skjutna i sina sjukhussängar och där skräcken är ständigt närvarande.

In episode nine, reporter Ramita Navai and director Paul Kittel arrive in the Sinai desert in north-east Egypt just over a month after the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak. Smuggling from Egypt to Israel has gone on for years, but now the smugglers are focused on people rather than goods. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.