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Bahraini crosses class borders to help torture victims
As an upper-class Shia Muslim, Jihan Kazerooni was far removed from Bahrain’s Arab Spring revolution. But when she learned of human rights abuses in her country, she founded a rehabilitation group for torture victims.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting provided a grant for Reese Erlich’s coverage of Bahrain. Listen to the report by Reese Ehrlich from Manama, Bahrain:
Bahraini crosses class borders to help torture victims
Jihan Kazerooni ignores social and religious divides
Brave young documentary filmmaker
At just 18, Agnes Aistleitner from Austria was determined to get to the bottom of the Arab Spring and understand the personal stories behind the crisis. So she headed to Cairo – alone – and began filming and asking questions. The resulting film, “State of Revolution,” won the golden Nica at the ARS Electronica festival.
Listen to the report by Kerry Skyring in Linz:
A young filmmaker’s personal take on Arab Spring
Agnes Aistleitner was determined to get to the bottom of the Arab Spring (copyright: rubra)
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