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Woman's Hour: Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas

Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Tareena Shakil, Nabihah Iqbal & Libby Heaney, Death Doulas

Tareena Shakil, the first British woman to be found guilty of joining IS, tell her story.

Tareena Shakil is the first British woman to be found guilty of joining so-called Islamic State. She was jailed for travelling to Syria with her baby son to join ISIS. That was in 2014 when she was 24. She didn't last long in Syria and fled. A trial in the UK followed and it came to light that she lied to police when they questioned her and some of her social media posts encouraged others to do the same as her. She tells her story to Anita Rani, and describes her hopes for the future.

Libby Heaney and Nabihah Iqbal are combining music production and AI for their piece Cascade. It's an exploration of the River Thames and includes field recordings of the Thames, AI generated sounds and visuals. 

One Big Bag is a film installation about a young death doula. That's a carer who supports someone who's dying and their families. Its creator is artist Every Ocean Hughes. She joins Hermione Elliott who's a doula herself, and Dr Helen Frisby.

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