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Safa Al Ahmad

21/08/2014

Undercover In Saudi Arabia

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Saudi reporter Safa Al Ahmad on how being a woman helped her film protesters undetected

Safa Al Ahmad went undercover in Saudi Arabia to film an uprising in the Eastern Province. She tells Jo Fidgen she has faced a fierce backlash and been advised not to return home.

Saudi reporter Safa Al Ahmad went undercover to investigate unrest among the Shia population in the east of the country. Since her BBC film Saudi's Secret Uprising was broadcast, she has been attacked on social media and advised not to return home.

Ugandan Daniel Okalany has turned his passion for computers into a business, designing an app based on a traditional card game.

Selvi is one of the first women to drive a taxi in the Indian city of Mysore. She explains how driving helped her escape her unhappy past.

Ana Christina Da Silva Iddings translates the harrowing stories of child immigrants caught by United States border police for the authorities.

British reserve soldier KT Medina was inspired by her experiences in the minefields of Cambodia to write a thriller, White Crocodile.

Photo: From the BBC documentary Saudi's Secret Uprising.

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