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Outlook: Outlook Mixtape: Lollywood star; country singer; taekwondo

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10/05/2024 GMT

Outlook Mixtape: Lollywood star; country singer; taekwondo

BBC World Service - Outlook, Outlook Mixtape: Lollywood star; country singer; taekwondo

Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week

From Pakistan, the film star who was stolen from her home, an untold story of American country music and the Afghan Olympian breaking barriers.

In the 1950s, Deeba was an orphaned child who would make it big as a leading lady in Lollywood, Pakistan's film industry. But behind the success was a cruel deception.

Taekwondo, a sport that involves kicking and punching was a natural fit for Olympian-to-be, Marzieh Hamidi who spent her teens fending off men on the streets of Kabul. As she gets ready to represent the Refugee Team at this year's Paris Olympics, she tells the story of her fight for freedom and belonging.

In the 1950s and '60s Mimi Roman had been a queen of country music. She opened for Johnny Cash and toured the US but when she married and had a child she walked away and focused on being 'Mom' and never spoke about her past. Fifty years later, when her daughter Eden was opening boxes in their house she started pulling out old demos, photos of Mimi with music icons like Elvis, and newspaper articles about her. Slowly the past was revealed and for the last two years, mother and daughter have been getting to know each other all over again.

Kenyan photographer and artist Thandiwe Muriu's work Camo melds traditional, patterned Ankara fabrics with everyday household items and a modern take on African portraiture. Thandiwe reflects on how she sees herself as an African woman and how the wider world perceives beauty.   

Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer:  Julian Siddle

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