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Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

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The Fifth Floor: Me and Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi on her election campaign trail.

13/11/2015 GMT

Me and Aung San Suu Kyi

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The impact of Aung San Suu Kyi on the life of Nita May of BBC Burmese

Personal insights into Aung San Suu Kyi; Bollywood in Afghanistan; Guinea's battle against Ebola; creation myths

Nita May of BBC Burmese tells us how her life has intersected with Aung San Suu Kyi's. Nita witnessed Suu Kyi's first public speech in 1988 and built up close contacts with her political party the NLD during the 1990 elections. After the elections, she ended up in the notorious Insein Prison because of those contacts. Over the 27 years of her connection with Suu Kyi, she says the journalism has always been mixed with the personal.

Bollywood in Afghanistan
Bollywood films are massive in Afghanistan. Under the Taliban, Afghan film fans were forced to keep their enthusiasm for handsome heroes and happy endings a secret. Now the films are enjoyed openly, but can the burgeoning Afghan film industry compete against Bollywood's big hitters? We hear from Vikas Pandey, a BBC digital producer in Delhi who has been to Kabul with our Afghan colleague Nasrat Afzali.
  
The tale of two Ebolas
Last Saturday Sierra Leone was officially declared to be Ebola free. In a country where even handshakes became a thing of the past for fear of infection, people took to the streets en masse to celebrate the end of Ebola. From Freetown Umaru Fofana has created a sound picture of a landmark day.  Neighbouring Liberia was declared Ebola-free in September. But in Guinea the story continues. Alhassan Sillah describes the mood there as people continue to wait for the all clear.

Creation Myths
A baby sent down the river to safety in a basket, and rescued by a reindeer; the reprobate son of a Lion King banished in a ship to a new land; and why eggs and rotten fish are still a crucial part of Egypt's Easter celebrations.  We dip a toe into the creation stories of Egypt, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan.

And Fifi shares her favourite stories of the web this week

Picture: Aung San Suu Kyi on her election campaign trail.
Credit: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

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