Worlds Apart
Meet the Pakistani activist fighting the Taliban, and igniting Pakistani students abroad.
We meet Jibran Nasir, a 28-year-old lawyer and civil rights activist from Pakistan, who is touring the United States to promote his message of anti-extremism. Then, we enter the world of high fantasy and talk with the author of a new book that creates an imaginary world to address the realities of our own world. And, we visit the Conjuring Arts Research Centre, a midtown Manhattan library for the wizards of New York.
Also, Americans weigh the merits of police body cameras. We look back at the fall of Saigon, 40 years ago. And, a brother and sister recall their abrupt start to a new life in America after they fled collapsing South Vietnam.
(Photo: Mohammad Jibran Nasir, a 28-year-old Pakistani lawyer turned civil rights activist. Courtesy of Mohammad Jibran Nasir)
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Bodycams for Cops?
Duration: 03:57
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Remembering the Fall of Saigon
Duration: 04:14
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A Library for Wizards
Duration: 03:44
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Anti-Extremism
The lawyer and civil rights activist from Pakistan who is promoting anti-extremism
Duration: 04:07
An Ember in the Ashes
Sabaa Tahir’s childhood inspires the imaginary world of her first novel
Duration: 04:00
Magic Library
A visit to one of the rarest repositories of magical literature in the world
Duration: 04:43
Cop Cams
Should American police departments require that their officers wear body cameras?
Duration: 04:08
Camp Pendleton
The California refugee camp that gave Vietnamese a new life in the US
Duration: 04:26
Fall of Saigon
A brother and sister from Vietnam recall their journey to America in April 1975
Duration: 03:35
Broadcasts
- Sat 2 May 2015 04:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Sat 2 May 2015 19:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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