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Woman's Hour: Syria's disappeared, The orgasm cult, Bickering, Taxidermy

24/11/2020

Syria's disappeared, The orgasm cult, Bickering, Taxidermy

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Syria's disappeared, The orgasm cult, Bickering, Taxidermy

The search for Syria's disappeared. The Orgasm Cult. Why do we bicker? The Orgasm Cult. Young women and taxidermy.

Wafa Mustafa is a Syrian refugee currently living in Berlin. Her father was arrested in Syria on July 2nd 2013 and has not been heard from since. Wafa is just one of many Syrian women, who are part of Families for Freedom, a woman-led movement searching for family members who were detained or 'disappeared' by the Syrian regime, ISIS and other armed groups during Syria's brutal civil war.  She joins Jane to explain why she has been sitting outside a court in Koblenz with over 60 framed photographs. They are joined by the BBC's Middle East correspondent Quentin Sommerville. 

A new BBC podcast, The Orgasm Cult, looks into a wellness company called One Taste and it’s co-founder, Nicole Daedone, who believed that orgasm would one day sit alongside yoga and meditation as the self-care practice for the modern empowered woman. One Taste taught orgasmic meditation or Om-ing as it’s called  by those in the know.  Reporter Nastaran Tavakoli-Far talks to Jane. 

Do you and your other half bicker? Has lockdown brought out the bickerer in you? Or maybe you see it in others, especially couples who’ve been together for a long time. We speak to Penny Mansfield, expert on relationships from One Plus One and Deborah and Gary Marshall.

Elle Kaye specialises in bird taxidermy.  Aged 27, she is one of a growing number of young women who have made taxidermy their trade.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Dianne McGregor

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