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The Documentary: Don't Log Off: Don't log off - part five

Alan Dein

08/05/2020 GMT

Don't log off - part five

Don't Log Off

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Don't Log Off, Don't log off - part five

Alan Dein connects with individuals trying to find space from those around them.

Around the world our borders are closed and we’ve been told to keep our distance.  But that’s not always easy.  For some, it’s near impossible.
 
Alan Dein connects with people around the globe, as they try to find space amongst those around them. 
 
Under the setting sun of the African Savannah, Maasai leader Kimaren is used to living collectively – something he has been told they can no longer do.
 
Novia, originally from Indonesia, is a domestic worker in Singapore, living with a family that is not her own.
 
In Hangzhou, China, Fish has gone outside for the first time after weeks locked down on her University campus.
 
And in a South African township, Zanyiwe tries to make sense of social distancing - living in a six-metre ‘shack’ with nine others.

The Documentary: Don't Log Off

Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic.

Across every continent, people are trying to make sense of a new world ? one that happens mostly behind closed doors and often alone.  Alan Dein connects with seven individuals whose lives have shifted under the coronavirus pandemic as they nervously anticipate what will come next in an uncertain future.
 
In Tehran, Golnar, an Iranian who describes herself as ?constant traveller? is inside her apartment ? all future trips postponed.  Across the town is the hostel she set up with a friend.  Forced to close in the city?s lockdown it is now serving a crucial role. 
 
Dhaka is one of the most densely populated city?s on earth.  As the pandemic takes hold, entrepreneur Fahad worries for the successful delivery business he has spent years building up and the future for his parents he shares a home with.
 
Not everyone is inside.  In Greece, Ibrahim is homeless, sheltering in an abandoned building.  His friend Mikki is self-isolating and cannot help him.
 
Plus stories from Amsterdam, Hong Kong and Sudan of isolation and expectation.

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