BBC current affairs reporter, especially covering Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet states, Africa and Middle East
Joined February 2011
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Beautiful programme about the battle over the Russian language in Ukraine at war from @BBCTimWhewell and mixed by @flayvin.
Keep funding the BBC! You won’t find this elsewhere… bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00317…
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Majority Russian-speaking city in Ukraine considers language ban in the arts bbc.in/4cvTyMo
Will “the language of the enemy” be squeezed further out of the public space in #Odesa #Ukraine? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c33k…
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RIP to Crossing Continents, my favourite BBC podcast which is being cut next year.
I guess doing investigative journalism costs too much compared to getting some talking heads into a studio.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgm…
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The BBC cuts are all horrid news, but personally losing Crossing Continents - a radio show that's brought my attention to so many global stories I'd otherwise have missed - is really bad
I’m amazed by what the women of #Rojava - Syrian #Kurdistan - achieved, amid war, over the past 14 years. Can they stay powerful now Rojava’s losing its autonomy? One foreign admirer says: “It would be heartbreaking if what they fought for was lost.” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
For 14 yrs, #Syria ‘s #Kurds built a unique society where men and women share official jobs. What will remain of their experiment - including female fighting units -now they’re being integrated into a state led by former Islamists? My report on #Rojava now bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rc…
This version of my 'People's History of Gaza' should be available everywhere. Worth a listen to understand what its people have been through since the Strip came into being in 1948
podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcas…
A People's History of Gaza: 'an oral history of Gaza, from the creation of the Strip in 1948 to the eve of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, told through the experiences of ordinary people.'
Only available in the UK
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct81…
“When we were younger, storks decorated the sky.” The back-story of #Gaza since 1948 - often tragic, sometimes surprising, occasionally inspirational. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l1…
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“In all an estimated 700,000 Palestinians lost their homes and became refugees as a result of the war of 1948-49; around 200,000 are believed to have crowded into that tiny coastal corridor.” Deeply moving piece by @BBCTimWhewell
bbc.com/news/articles/c87400…
Tim Whewell retweeted
A moving human story! ↔️ Here is @BBCTimWhewell , presenter of 'A People's History of Gaza' (documentary podcast is on @BBCSounds) in an In-Depth piece: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c874…
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A People's History of Gaza - a great new listen from @BBCTimWhewell bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l1…
They even hit the zoo. The stories of the civilians who chose to stay in one of #Ukraine 's most bombed cities - and try to lead a normal life - in Albina Kovalyova @agent_Alka 's moving film youtube.com/watch?v=AlrrWx3h…
Half a million Syrian servicemen were sacked when the Assad regime fell. They’ve got no income, no prospects. Could their discontent eventually fuel an insurgency like that in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein? My report from #Damascus bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rb…
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13m Syrians - half the population - left their homes during #Syria’s 13-year civil war. 7m were internally displaced. 6m fled abroad. Bringing them home is perhaps the biggest challenge facing Syria's new rulers. @BBCTimWhewell follows returnees to #Homs to see what’s they find…
As Donald Trump says he’ll lift sanctions on #Syria, what are the prospects for bringing home the millions of Syrians forced to flee during the civil war? My report from #Homs #حمص bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rb…
As Donald Trump says he’ll lift sanctions on #Syria, what are the prospects for bringing home the millions of Syrians forced to flee during the civil war? My report from #Homs #حمص bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6rb…
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With @LucyAAsh - a story of religious conversion you probably haven’t heard about before… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bsx…
A castle of clotted cream? In #Homs, post-war reconstruction has barely begun, but the city patissiers build their famous halawet el jibn delicacy sturdily and high from a mixture of semolina and cheese حمص#
