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

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

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16/07/2021 GMT

Women fighting to inherit

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The Jordanian woman who has been fighting for her inheritance for 20 years

Why so many women in the Arab world are deprived of their inheritance rights, and the Jordanian woman fighting to change that.

Why is it that so many women in the Arab world are deprived of their inheritance rights, even though local laws should protect them?  Shereen Nanish of BBC Arabic has been looking at the pressures they face, and she’s met one Jordanian woman who is fighting back. 

South Sudan’s first decade
The world's  youngest country turned 10 this month.   Nichola Mandil of BBC Africa reported from Juba in 2011, and again for the tenth anniversary.  He reflects on his hopes and dreams as a brand new South Sudanese citizen back then, and how he feels now.  

7,000 Chinese restaurants and counting! 
BBC Chinese journalist Zhaoyin Feng shares the story of David Chan, a Chinese American who has eaten in over 7,000 Chinese restaurants since the 1950s, and has the whole thing logged on a spreadsheet!  

School's out
Covid restrictions have had a devastating impact on children's education around the world.  We hear from Aamir Peerzada in Indian-administered Kashmir, Shahnewaj Rocky of BBC Bengali in Bangladesh and Ishaq Khalid of BBC Hausa in Nigeria about the issues facing children and teachers in their countries.  

It's a Hong Kong dog's life
Hong Kong is experiencing a rise in emigration after the introduction of the national security law, and it's had an unexpected knock-on effect - a rise in pet dogs being abandoned by their owners.  But BBC Chinese journalist Eunice Wang met one owner determined to bring her dog with her, whatever the cost:  she booked a private jet.  

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