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20/10/2011
The first French woman fined for wearing the niqab explains why she's fighting the law.
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.
Today, Hind Ahmas, the first french woman fined for wearing the niqab - the full face veil - explains why she's fighting against a new law which forbids people from covering their face in public in France.
Also, Pakistani businessman Faisal Kapadia describes how he used social media to organise a campaign to help flood victims in Sindh province.
And award-winning American chef, Gina Keatley on how a childhood in poverty inspired her to take to the streets of New York to campaign against junk food
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