Lina Sinjab - Syria/Lebanon - BBC

Foreign Correspondence

English - April 16, 2023 22:58 - 1 hour - 34.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
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There are no happy endings in Syria after more than a decade of war. Lina Sinjab (@BBCLinaSinjab), a BBC correspondent based in Beirut, talks about covering the civil war from the start and the terrible toll it has taken on her and her home country. As a multi-format journalist, she regularly produces radio and video documentaries as well as written articles from Syria and the wider region.

Countries featured: Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, UK, Yeman, Libya

Publications featured: BBC, New Lines Magazine

Here are links to some of the things we talked about:

Lina's 2010 radio documentary on Syria's economy and corruption - https://bit.ly/41jXrwo

Her 2016 radio doc "A Failed Revolution" - https://bit.ly/3ogUcHj

Trailer for her doc "Madness in Aleppo" - https://bit.ly/3UIf8TR

Her documentary "Surryat" (Arabic version) - https://bit.ly/3UVw9Kp

Her story on Yemen Nobel prize winner Tawakul Karman - https://bit.ly/3oiQv3V

Syrian publication Al-Jumhuriya - https://bit.ly/3A4lWS6

Syrian news site Enab Baladi - https://bit.ly/3KK5viV

Middle Eastern media network Raseef22 - https://bit.ly/3UHoM8X

Lebanese site Daraj - https://bit.ly/3A4m4B4