Syrian Painter: "War Changed My Art"
Jo Fidgen talks to Syrian artist Sara Shamma who feld her home during the civil war and now lives in Lebanon.
Sara Shamma is a Syrian artist now living in exile in Lebanon. She explains how the war has changed her art.
Sister Madonna Buder is an 84-year-old nun who holds the world record for the oldest woman ever to finish an Ironman Triathlon.
Tahir Qadiry meets the young Afghans taking on corruption.
Will Boast is a British writer who found his late father's secret children.
Australian musician Linsey Pollak makes instruments out of vegetables, rubber gloves and other unusual objects.
Picture: Sara Shamma: Self-portrait 2013
Picture Credit: Sara Shamma
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