A Hard Life on the 'Roof of the World'
Beautiful photos… The Kyrgyz people of the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan live a traditional semi-nomadic life in an isolated, inhospitable land. There are no doctors, no trees and no roads, yet photographer Matthieu Paley keeps coming back.
Frightening, confusing, ultimately inspiring Libya shoot for Parts Unknown. Met a lot of ordinary people who did extraordinary, heroic things. Toppled a hideous, megalomaniacal dictator. Security in Libya provided by The Boyz from Misrata. Thank you and very very best wishes for a brighter future.
BBC Three
Make Me a Muslim
Wednesday 30 Jan at 9pm.
Growing numbers of young British women are converting to Islam. Shanna Bukhari, a 26-year-old Muslim from Manchester, sets out to find out why girls are giving up partying, drinking and wearing whatever they want for a religion some people associate with the oppression of women.
This warm documentary follows the highs and lows of five girls as they embrace their new faith. From adapting to a religion that allows a man to marry up to four wives to the acceptance of friends and family, it isn’t always easy.
Behind the veil: Anyone gonna watch this?
BBC Three
Make Me a Muslim
Wednesday 30 Jan at 9pm.Growing numbers of young British women are converting to Islam. Shanna Bukhari, a 26-year-old Muslim from Manchester, sets out to find out why girls are giving up partying, drinking and wearing whatever they want for a religion some people…
In the Al-Monitor article “From Facebook to Faith Book: The Arab Awakening at Two,” Nassif Hitti discusses the ascendance of Islamist movements on the second anniversary of the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubara
In the Al-Monitor article “From Facebook to Faith Book: The Arab Awakening at Two,” Nassif Hitti discusses the ascendance of Islamist movements on the second anniversary of the overthrow of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
1931 Afganistan
Photo by Maynard Owen Williams (National Geographic photojournalist)
“ In his favorite picture, legendary National Geographic photojournalist Maynard Owen Williams marveled how, in this Herat, Afghanistan, bazaar, no one blinked during the three seconds required to make the exposure.”
1931 Afganistan
Photo by Maynard Owen Williams (National Geographic photojournalist)
“ In his favorite picture, legendary National Geographic photojournalist Maynard Owen Williams marveled how, in this Herat, Afghanistan, bazaar, no one blinked during the three seconds required to make the exposure.”
