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Nawal El Saadawi

BBC World News

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 2^nd Sep 2017, 10:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 15^th Oct 2017, 16:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Imagine... visits legendary Egyptian author Nawal El Saadawi at home in Cairo, and travels with her to the village where she was born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:: Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:: Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

Genres

Music

Brand

HARDtalk

Mona Eltahawy - Writer and Activist

BBC News Channel

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Oct 2012, 04:30 on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: Thu 25^th Oct 2012, 00:30 on BBC News

Despite the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, writer and feminist Mona Eltahawy says genuine liberation is impossible while Arab men continue to hate Arab women. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:: Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy

imagine...

Nawal El Saadawi - Part Two

BBC World News

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 17^th Apr 2021, 18:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS South AsiaLatest broadcast: Wed 21^st Apr 2021, 11:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Latin America

In this second episode of Imagine..., first shown in 2017, presenter Alan Yentob visits Nawal El Saadawi at her home in Cairo. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:: Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:: Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

imagine...

Winter 2017

Episode 1: She Spoke the Unspeakable

BBC One

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 21^st Feb 2017, 22:45 on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: Tue 23^rd Mar 2021, 23:30 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

The author Nawal El Saadawi was a global legend. First shown in 2017 when she was 85, imagine... visited her in Cairo and travels with her to the village where she was born. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Nawal El Saadawi
Interviewed Guest:: Deeyah Khan
Interviewed Guest:: Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Leyla Hussein
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Producer:: Jill Nicholls
Director:: Jill Nicholls

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

Series

imagine...: Winter 2017

Woman's Hour

Late Night Woman's Hour: Activism

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 28^th Jul 2017, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 28^th Jul 2017, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Lauren Laverne presents intimate late-night conversation. Lauren talks to leading female activists about the joys and tough choices of campaigning. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:: Nimko Ali
Interviewed Guest:: Julie Bindel
Interviewed Guest:: Nicky Sadler
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Sofie Grabol; Periods

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 31^st Jan 2015, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 31^st Jan 2015, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including Sofie Grabol on her new TV crime thriller Fortitude, and why there is such a taboo around discussing periods. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Producer:: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor:: Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:: Sofie Grabol
Interviewed Guest:: Chella Quint
Interviewed Guest:: Sally Watson
Interviewed Guest:: Helen Reece
Interviewed Guest:: Jill Saward
Interviewed Guest:: Abeer Mishkhas
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Bryony Gordon
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Willoughby
Interviewed Guest:: Tim Pethick
Interviewed Guest:: Tiffany Stevenson
Interviewed Guest:: Sandra Howard
Performer:: Sabrina Mahfouz

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Knitting and coding; Women's rights in Saudi Arabia; Forced marriage

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 26^th Jan 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 26^th Jan 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Will there be changes for Saudi women with a new ruler in place? Knitting and computers - what do they have in common? Ageing without children and the implications for the future. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Karen Shoop
Interviewed Guest:: Betsan Corkhill
Interviewed Guest:: Jodie Day
Interviewed Guest:: Aneeta Prem
Interviewed Guest:: Liz Chapman
Producer:: Lucinda Montefiore

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Mona Eltahawy; Randi Zuckerberg; Pregnancy and mental health

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 3^rd Dec 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 3^rd Dec 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey presents the female perspective, talking to Mona Eltahawy and Randi Zuckerberg, plus looking at pregnancy and mental health, and changing role models for girls. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Holly Baxter
Interviewed Guest:: Dame Rachel de Souza
Interviewed Guest:: Randi Zuckerberg
Interviewed Guest:: Liz McDonald
Producer:: Lucinda Montefiore
Editor:: Karen Dalziel

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Allison Janney, Mona Eltahawy

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 27^th May 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 27^th May 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by Jane Garvey. Including actress Allison Janney, writer Mona Eltahawy, Eleanor Garnier on the Queen's Speech, Alice Prochaska, and changing social attitudes in Ireland. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Allison Janney
Interviewed Guest:: Eleanor Garnier
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Alice Prochaska
Interviewed Guest:: Una Mullally
Producer:: Kirsty Starkey

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Barbara Broccoli; Jeff Kinney; Mona Eltahawy

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 7^th Dec 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 7^th Dec 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Barbara Broccoli on her love of Bond movies. Jeff Kinney on his Diary of a Wimpy Kid and the books that get boys reading. Role models for girls. Mona Eltahawy. Randi Zuckerberg. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Editor:: Jane Thurlow
Producer:: Rebecca Myatt
Interviewed Guest:: Barbara Broccoli
Interviewed Guest:: Dame Rachel de Souza
Interviewed Guest:: Holly Baxter
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Randi Zuckerberg
Interviewed Guest:: Sara Khan
Interviewed Guest:: Reyhana Patel
Interviewed Guest:: Jeff Kinney
Interviewed Guest:: Abigail Moss

Genres

Factual

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Free Thinking

Theodore Zeldin, Mona Eltahawy

BBC Radio 3

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 26^th May 2015, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

With scholar Theodore Zeldin discussing his new book, entitled The Hidden Pleasures of Life, and journalist Mona Eltahawy on why the Middle East needs a sexual revolution. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Theodore Zeldin
Interviewed Guest:: Mona Eltahawy
Interviewed Guest:: Preti Taneja
Presenter:: Philip Dodd
Producer:: Torquil MacLeod

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Discussion & Talk

Brand

Free Thinking