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Fifth Floor Episodes

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    Apples, Dams and the Taliban

    A risky assignment in Afghanistan's beautiful Wardak Province

  2. Anti-government protests in Syria

    How anger at living conditions has become direct criticism of President Bashar al-Assad

  3. Angry and Divided: Nicaragua in Crisis

    "Shock groups", improvised weapons, and scores dead: a country tearing itself apart

  4. An Egyptian take on Algeria's protests

    Algeria's protests, and memories of Cairo’s Tahrir Square

  5. Aleppo's citizens, past and present, eulogise their city online

    Aleppo in pictures; Kenya's tribal beekeepers; Afropunk; Colombian peace; Queen of Katwe

  6. Aid, politics and Syria’s earthquake

    The challenges and opportunities posed by February’s earthquake in Syria

  7. Africa's long-serving leaders, football revolutionary Diego Maradona and life and death exams.

    Africa's long-serving leaders; football revolutionary Diego Maradona; life and death exams

  8. Afghanistan’s opium problem

    How Afghanistan became the world's biggest producer of opium

  9. Afghanistan's Volatile North

    Taliban, IS, government forces and warlords: the battle for control in Darzab district.

  10. Afghanistan's Saur Revolution: 40th Anniversary

    'Don't play with the revolution: it is a fire': memories from 1978

  11. Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue

    A change of name that has brought painful memories for many Afghans

  12. Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor

    How our journalists from the region are reporting Afghanistan

  13. Afghanistan: History repeats itself

    Lost dreams, lost livelihoods and lost voices: the return of the Taliban

  14. Afghanistan: A Moment of Peace

    Reporting the ceasefire which brought Afghans from all sides together

  15. Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover

    Stories from friends and family now living under the Taliban

  16. Afghan Refugees: An Uncertain Future

    Afghan exodus, China's love affair with a 7th century judge, and who are the Nubians?

  17. Abiy-mania: Ethiopia Transformed

    Peace with Eritrea, exiles returned, women in high office: half a year of PM Abiy Ahmed

  18. A tale of two Somalias

    Bomb craters and beaches: ΒιΆΉΙη Somali's Qalib Barud in Mogadishu

  19. A tale of two protests: Chile and Lebanon

    How small events in Chile and Lebanon triggered an outpouring of public anger

  20. A tale of two Olympians

    The Olympic journeys of China's Eileen Gu and Russia's Kamila Valieva

  21. A Tale of Two Flowers in Afghanistan

    Roses and opium poppies in Afghan life and culture

  22. A small election in North Macedonia

    β€œYugo-stories”: why a ΒιΆΉΙη Serbian reporter went to Stip to meet one candidate

  23. A Rohingya Love Story

    Two lovers reunited in a refugee camp

  24. A Rohingya drama for Cox’s Bazar

    You don’t speak the language and neither do the cast: how to make a Rohingya radio drama

  25. A refugee's story and a football shirt

    Dreams of playing for Chelsea: the extraordinary journey of ΒιΆΉΙη Arabic’s Namak Khoshnaw

  26. A Migrant's Story

    A tragic migration story: Persia's classic children's book ; Soviet x-rays and music

  27. A love story between former enemies

    How a former Tamil Tiger soldier and Sinhalese Civil Defence recruit found love

  28. A lifeline for Sudan

    ΒιΆΉΙη Arabic's new emergency radio service for Sudan

  29. A lifeline for Gaza

    ΒιΆΉΙη Arabic's new emergency radio service for Gaza

  30. A Kashmir story

    The tragic event that made Aamir Peerzada a journalist

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