As Warsaw marks 70 years since the ghetto uprising against the Nazis, Gulliver Cragg meets one of the last survivors, Irena Boldok. She recalls her ordeal during World War II, including life as a child in the Warsaw ghetto and her risky escape from deportation.
In his latest book, historian Eugene Rogan traces five centuries of Arab history from the Ottoman era to the Cold War period, when outsiders determined the destiny of the region. But with the Arab uprisings, the people of this complex, complicated region are finally determining their own destiny. Eugene Rogan speaks to Leela Jacinto about the challenges facing Arabs in a changing Middle East.
According to recent polls, many Turks have given up on EU membership. But Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinç is determined as ever to revive EU talks. Even if Turkey’s regional influence in the Middle East is on the rise, he still thinks his country should be part of Europe’s destiny.
Over the past few years, Burma has shown some willingness to open up the country to foreign business and investments. The military regime has also demonstrated some efforts towards freedom by releasing hundreds of political prisoners. But our guest, dissident Win Tin, who spent 20 years in jail, is reluctant to believe in the junta’s recent change of hearts. He tells Cyril Payen why.
Douglas Herbert asks Inna Shevchenko, a topless activist from the group FEMEN, what her breasts might say if they could talk to her. Might they wonder whether stripping in public - "sextremism" as FEMEN calls it - is the best way to promote their fight against religion, the sex industry and dictatorship?
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Ali Ahmed Karti, Sudanese Foreign Minister
ALI kARTI Power of logic