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What is daily life like for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as Israeli settler violence continues to rise during the ongoing war?
Witness an Israeli land grab and watch West Bank: Family Under Fire to find out more:
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"It’s not possible to have a generation that doesn’t go to school."
Mahbouba Seraj, a fearless Afghan activist and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, demands answers from the Taliban's main spokesperson about the worsening women’s rights in the country. Watch:
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Farhan Virk calls himself an activist. To many others, he’s simply a troll.
During a military escalation between Pakistan and India, filmmaker
@HashamKabir
follows him into the murky world of “War, Lies and Hashtags”. Watch the full film here:
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"If it’s too dangerous, we may not be able to continue."
On a high stakes rescue mission to save a woman trapped under rubble, civil defence workers in Gaza face a difficult moral dilemma. Find out more here:
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Gaza’s Civil Defence is under enormous pressure as Israeli bombardment continues. The rescue workers know every mission could be their last.
Follow a civil defence worker as he saves people after Israeli airstrikes:
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In
#Pakistan
, where public spaces are largely dominated by men, a fearless single mother has been hustling for decades.
Follow Zahida's story, this week on Witness:
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Meet Rambo Marabunta, a fictional TV reporter played by East Timor’s social media icon, Osme Gonsalves.
Watch a compilation of some of Osme’s videos as he encourages people to self-reflect through his humour. Full film: |
@ScreenAustralia
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We explore the challenges confronting Pakistan's first female taxi driver, Zahida, as she hustles to make a living in an industry full of men on the roads of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
This is her story:
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#AJThisIsEurope
| Voices from Sweden that have never been heard before.
Meet the Mothers of
#Rinkeby
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A fearless bomb disposal unit from Pakistan confronts a war that has taken over 60,000 lives since 9/11.
@awfthefilm
Armed With Faith:
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"People said I was a mad woman who doesn't value her life."
From hunting animals to hunting Boko Haram fighters, this is the story of Aisha Gombi.
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When Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian man walking down Shuhada Street in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, 10-year-old Marwaan Sharabati risked his life to capture the moment on his phone.
Witness Marwaan's bravery in ’Skies Above Hebron’:
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An investigation into the murder of a South African politician leads local journalist
@ZiyandaNgcobo
to a murky world of assassinations and bodyguards 'doubling up as hitmen'.
Filmmakers
@ManRambling
and
@shaunswingler
follow her through her journey:
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A Pakistani villager experiences flying for the first time. And it's super cute! ✈️
Stream the full documentary here:
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In never-before-seen footage from the ongoing war in Gaza, witness the immediate carnage after an Israeli missile strike.
Follow civil defense workers as they risk their lives to rescue people. Watch the full film here:
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In the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, two Palestinian brothers cope with the constant threat of arrest while living next to Israeli settlers.
Filmed over five years, this is the story of their resilience:
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"You don't know what I've been through."
An elderly man reminds members of a Greek Nationalist party of the horrors of life under Nazi rule. Full doc:
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We are devastated by the news that Ahmed has lost five members of his family, including his son, in an Israeli airstrike. Ahmed has been seriously injured.
These are the words he shared with us a few days ago.
Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Artema inspired the 2018 non-violent protests in Gaza, the Great March of Return.
Listen to his reflection about the ongoing war and find out more about his story here:
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At 19,
@Kinglimaa
astonished the American fashion world by wearing a burkini in a
@MissUSA
beauty pageant. From a refugee camp in Kenya to
@nyfw
, follow
#HALIMA
Aden's story on Witness:
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Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Artema inspired the 2018 non-violent protests in Gaza, the Great March of Return.
Listen to his reflection about the ongoing war and find out more about his story here:
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During World War II, women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army are now in their twilight years. Will their wounds ever heal?
Stream the full documentary:
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Experience
#Ghana
and its thriving alternative music scene with the
@FOKNBOIS
,
@adomaa_music
,
@worlasigh
and other incredible artists subverting old power structures with a bit of funk, finesse and lots of unhinged humour. Full film 👉🏾
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Orlando Zagazeta has spent more than 10 years living in a cage in the Peruvian Amazon. The 73-year-old park ranger reintegrates monkeys rescued from the illegal wildlife trade into the wild.
Watch Monkey Man to find out more:
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These surfer dudes from Sierra Leone have a dream - to put Africa on the world's surfing map. 🏄🏾
Watch the award-winning documentary 'Big Wata' this week on Witness:
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What do you think climate change looks like?
As the world grapples with record-breaking temperatures, see the story behind the photo that went viral during Australia’s Black Summer. Watch Capturing Change by
@thingsbychrisP
:
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Between 750,000 to 1 million Palestinians were forcefully expelled from their homes between 1947 and 1949.
On
#NakbaDay
, watch how two Palestinian boys in Hebron cope with the uncertainty and fear as they live window to window with Israeli settlers:
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How skulls from the Namibian genocide continue to haunt Germany.
Get the full story here:
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We explore the challenges confronting Pakistan's first female taxi driver, Zahida, as she hustles to make a living in an industry full of men on the roads of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
This is her story:
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This is the story of nurse Rabiah who has dedicated her life to caring for sick patients on remote islands in Indonesia.
Find out more here:
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In basements, prisons and in their own homes, Syrian women were repeatedly raped for "crimes" such as participating in peaceful demonstrations or to send a message to their husbands, fathers and brothers.
Explore Syria's 'Silent War':
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Accused of committing a genocide that killed around 100,000 people, will
#Germany
own up to its colonial past?
@vincentmoloi
explores the struggle of tribal leaders in Namibia as they fight for the return of hundreds of skulls taken for racial experiments.
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8-year-old Bamunu works to fund her brother's education. She is curious to know what he learns at school. So she asks.
Kayayo:
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Amidst the chaos in Gaza, many children who survive Israeli air strikes are separated from their families.
Content creator
@AhmedHijazee
uses his Instagram with millions of followers to help reunite unidentified children with their families. Full film:
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"We keep repeating the same mistake. Srebrenica, Rwanda, Darfur and now Syria."
A Syrian-American doctor travels to a hospital on the Turkey-Syria border determined to help victims of the ongoing war. Full doc:
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A Boko Haram fighter, on the rocks.
Watch the full documentary:
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"Filming is a way to protect ourselves from soldiers and settlers."
At this filming workshop in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian children are learning how to deal with heated confrontations with Israeli settlers. Watch the full film:
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.
@rapplerdotcom
CEO
@mariaressa
’s recent arrest in the
#Philippines
sparked condemnation around the world. For our latest documentary, filmmaker
@YaaraBouTV
follows Maria in the fight to
#DefendPressFreedom
.
Full doc:
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An Iraqi man dreams of seeing hot air balloons drift peacefully above the ancient city of Babylon, but from ISIS attacks to Iraq's clunky bureaucracy, the obstacles keep multiplying.
Balloons Over Babylon:
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What is art? What is trash? 🤔
This week, let Kinshasa's "minister of garbage" inspire you:
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Kausalya and Shankar’s marriage was a rejection of India’s rigid caste system. But at what cost?
Watch India's Forbidden Love, this week on Witness:
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"What's the difference between an ethnically Swedish mother and me?" A mother questions what it really means to be Swedish.
#SwedenElections
#AJThisIsEurope
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"We keep repeating the same mistake. Srebrenica, Rwanda, Darfur and now Syria."
On
#WorldHealthDay
, follow
@HishamBismar
, a Syrian-American doctor who gets as close as he can to the Syrian border to treat victims of the war. Full film:
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Meet the Palestinian women drift-racing in the Occupied West Bank:
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"ISIS is not all over Iraq."
The incredible story of one man’s quest to promote peace & love by flying hot air balloons over his war-torn country.
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Photojournalist, Vera Lentz, witnessed and documented the Indigenous community's fight for freedom during Peru's brutal civil war in 1982.
Three decades later, she returns to the war's epicentre in search of survivors depicted in her photos. Full film:
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Two Sudanese inventors come up with a plan to stop the Sahara desert from taking over swathes of land. Will the idea really fly?
Find out:
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8-year-old Bamunu works hard as a porter, known as
#Kayayo
, carrying heavy loads in Accra's bustling markets. She raises money for her brother's schooling, longs to return home and, more than anything, to go to school.
#ChildLabour
This is her story:
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A migrant fisherman-turned-politician takes on European overfishing in Africa’s waters after successfully winning a seat in Spanish regional elections.
On
#WorldFisheriesDay
, follow
@Serigne_Mbaye_
's story: |
@Zungu_Coop
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At 19,
@Kinglimaa
astonished the American fashion world by wearing a burkini in a
@MissUSA
beauty pageant.
From a refugee camp in Kenya to
@nyfw
, follow
#HALIMA
Aden's story on Witness:
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A student in a Pakistani school asks an Indian visitor; “Why do the people of India hate Pakistan so much?” Listen to Mr Khanna’s reply.
Watch the full documentary here:
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"After all, we have to help America."
Listen to the young Ghanaian artists questioning Trump's America in this scene from 'Ghana Controversial'. Watch the full film here:
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An ambulance driver, Mohamed Bangura stood firm to protect his country from the unforgiving Ebola outbreak of 2014-15. For such selfless work, is there a reward?
This is the story of Sierra Leone's battle with
#Ebola
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"I think what we’re seeing now after the 7th of October on the streets of Germany and Berlin in particular is an escalation of what we’ve been seeing before."
Lawyer Nadija Samour fights against the suppression of Palestinian voices in Germany. Full film:
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Meet Hatem and Mohammad, two Sudanese inventors determined to stop the Sahara desert from taking over people's land and livelihood.
#AJSudanDrones
Watch the full doc here:
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"People said I was a mad woman who doesn't value her life."
From hunting animals to hunting Boko Haram fighters, this is the story of Aisha Gombi. Full film:
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Khatera grew up in
#Afghanistan
with an abusive father who raped her multiple times. As a young adult, she gathers the courage and determination to bring him to justice. Follow her story, this week on Witness.
A Thousand Girls Like Me:
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These surfers from Sierra Leone have a dream - to put Africa on the world's surfing map.
Watch the award-winning documentary 'Big Wata' this week on Witness:
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Amidst the chaos in Gaza, many children who survive Israeli air strikes are separated from their families.
Content creator
@AhmedHijazee
uses his Instagram with millions of followers to help reunite unidentified children with their families. Full film:
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British-born aid worker
@toxaidworker
was stripped of his citizenship in 2017.
The East Londoner says he went to Syria to do aid work but not everyone believed him. From London to Idlib, follow Tauqir’s journey in Stateless in Syria by
@horiaelhadad
:
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On a remote Indonesian island, a health worker teaches children the basics of how to clean their teeth, bringing a smile to their faces.
Find out more about Indonesia's remote island nurses:
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The deadly consequences of rejecting India's rigid caste system, through the story of a young couple who dared to fall in love.
India’s Forbidden Love, this week on Witness:
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In one of the poorest regions in Indonesia, a seven-year-old child jockey risks his life to support his family.
Watch Sila's story in Riders of Destiny:
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Up against Israeli agribusiness monopolies and other market forces beyond her control, one woman takes up the challenge to revive ancient Palestinian seed varieties.
What are her chances of success? Find out:
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“It feels like everyone has a say about the destiny and the future of Jerusalem except for the Palestinians living in it.”
Renowned Palestinian activist
@FayrouzSharqawi
explains Israel’s systematic displacement of Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem. Watch the full film here:
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The deadly consequences of rejecting
#India
's rigid caste system, through the story of a young couple who dared to fall in love.
Witness 'India's Forbidden Love' by
@isadhanas
:
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Following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, civil defence workers and civilians rush to a building to rescue people.
Watch the chaos unfold and get the full story here:
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8-year-old Bamunu works to fund her brother's education. She is curious to know what he learns at school. So she asks.
Watch the award-winning film
#Kayayo
on Witness:
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"You don't know nothing."
An emotional father gives his son a taste of the Native American struggle. Stream the full documentary here:
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Have you ever been obsessed? Meet the
#Iraqi
woman who can't stop dreaming about
#SouthKorea
. 🇮🇶♥️🇰🇷
Enter her world, this week on Witness:
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"I need to tell the world how my people survived Ebola."
An intimate look at the fight to contain the 2014
#Ebola
outbreak in
#SierraLeone
:
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A rare look at Sudan's history, narrated by the keeper of Sudan's national film archives.
Stream Forgotten Films of Sudan here:
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One man's dream to put Africa on the world's surfing map, this week on Witness. 🏄🏾
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"This is the third time I survive in this war."
Witness the war on Gaza through the eyes of nine-year-old Elaf and her family as they struggle to find safety under heavy Israeli bombardment. Watch A Child of Gaza here:
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.
@Moazzam_Begg
witnessed horrific acts of torture and abuse during his time at Bagram and Guantanamo Bay prisons.
Almost two decades later, the British human rights campaigner decides to return to Afghanistan to confront the horrors of his past. Watch: |
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"If we have our own radio station, we can change the future."
In the world's largest refugee camp, Yusuf is determined to give Rohingya refugees a voice. Full doc:
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In basements, prisons and in their own homes, Syrian women were repeatedly raped for "crimes" such as participating in peaceful demonstrations or to send a message to their families.
On
#InternationalDayAgainstTorture
, explore Syria's 'Silent War':
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"Up to 100 people were killed per day."
The Namibian genocide of 1904-1908 may be over, but it is far from forgotten. Stream the full documentary:
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Days before Al Shifa hospital was bombed, journalists documenting the war on Gaza take a breath under a makeshift shelter in the hospital grounds and try to make sense of their lives under bombardment.
Watch the full film here:
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"The regime rapes her and society rejects her."
The plight of Syrian women facing one of the most brutal conflicts of our times, this week on Witness. Full doc:
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"When they are bombing the hospital that means there are no lines."
A Syrian-American doctor travels to a hospital on the Turkey-Syria border to help victims of the ongoing war. Full doc: 50 feet from Syria:
#Syria
#Turkey
#SyriaConflict
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The moment a Chinese copy-artist discovers how much his van Gogh replicas are being sold for in Amsterdam.
Dreaming of Vincent:
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“They want Palestine without its people, and America is supporting them.”
A Palestinian villager talks to an Israeli rabbi about his experience of being pushed off his land by Israeli settlers. Watch the full film here:
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📢 Fees Must Fall
📢 Racism Must Fall
📢 Patriarchy Must Fall
📢 Inequality Must Fall
📢 Privilege Must Fall
📢 Homophobia Must Fall
📢
#EverythingMustFall
The story of a
#SouthAfrican
student movement that became the voice of an entire generation:
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"When they are bombing the hospital that means there are no lines."
A Syrian-American doctor travels to a hospital on the Turkey-Syria border to help victims of the Syrian conflict. 50 feet from Syria:
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Thousands of people have taken to the streets as
#SudanProtests
the decades-long Bashir regime. In this scene from
#Sudan
's Forgotten Films, we catch a rare glimpse of the country's rich history.
Watch this story of two men trying to save the archives:
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8-year-old Bamunu has sacrificed her childhood so that her brother can go to school. In this scene from Kayayo, she asks him, "What does it say in the schoolbooks?"
On
#WorldDayAgainstChildLabour
, follow her story:
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While filming the consequences of
#ISIL
advances in
#Iraq
,
@hogirhirori
comes across a girl who will save his life:
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A group of Italians document their journey to help 5 refugees get to Sweden - disguised as a wedding party!
On the Bride's Side:
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Armed with only a pocketknife and a pair of wire clippers, legendary bomb disposal expert Fakhir Berwari disarmed thousands of landmines in Iraq.
Follow Fakhir's story in The Deminer:
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"I am in love with a place called Gaza."
A love letter to Gaza by social media content creator
@AhmedHijazee
. "And I want to tell them not to look at Gaza only when there’s an aggression." Follow Ahmed's story here:
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On
#WorldEnvironmentDay
, meet the two Sudanese inventors who've come up with a clever plan to tackle the encroaching
#Sahara
desert.
Stream here:
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Hani al-Moliya is an extraordinary photographer. He's also legally blind.
This is his story:
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Two years ago today, the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan.
Now, Zabihullah Mujahid, their main spokesperson opens the doors to the presidential palace to provide a glimpse into the Taliban’s transition from rebel fighters to a nation’s leaders. Watch:
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