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The Fifth Floor: Iran's #MeToo

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A woman uses her phone as she walks past a mural depicting Iranian flags in Tehran

23/04/2021 GMT

Iran's #MeToo

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Allegations against a popular singer have divided Iran's #MeToo movement

Allegations against a popular singer have split Iran's #MeToo movement. Plus India’s Mukbang stars, the Chinese Titanic survivors and Lebanon’s Fattoush Index.

The #MeToo movement is in the spotlight in Iran, where women have been taking to social media to share experiences of sexual harassment and assault. The response was broadly positive, until allegations were made against a popular singer. Soroush Pakzad has been covering the story for BBC Persian. 

My Home Town: Sants, Barcelona 
Enric Botella of BBC Mundo takes us to the Barcelona neighbourhood of Sants, to chat in the market with his grandmother and grab a beer with a friend. 

Mukbang Indian style
Mukbang videos, where people eat large extravagant meals on camera, are usually associated with South Korea. But recently women in rural India have found success making their own videos. BBC Monitoring's Rupsha Mukherjee spoke to two emerging mukbang stars.  

The forgotten Chinese survivors of the Titanic
Six Chinese passengers were among the survivors of the Titanic, only to be vilified and refused entry to the United States. Their stories were lost from history, but have been pieced together in a new documentary, The Six. Zhaoyin Feng of BBC Chinese has spoken to the American-born son of one of the six.

Lebanon's Fattoush Index
Lebanon has a new way of measuring the rapidly rising cost of living. It’s called the Fattoush Index - fattoush is a traditional Lebanese salad, as well as a staple for Muslims breaking their fast during Ramadan. BBC Arabic's Carine Torbey explains the findings, and the legend of the origins of this salad.

Image: A woman walks past a mural depicting Iranian national flags in the Iranian capital Tehran.
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