Don't log off: My life, my world
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2021
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Alan Dein hears how the pandemic year has affected the life of 19-year-old student Mursalina in Kabul, Afghanistan. She has been studying at home online, but has become increasingly aware of the impact of Covid-19 on the city's poorest people who come knocking on her door for food donations. She also fears for the health of her father who works in a hospital. At the same time, she is keen to keep her young people's group active, promoting education and independence for women in her community.
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| 0:00.0 | From the BBC World Service. |
| 0:02.0 | She said he was hacker. |
| 0:03.0 | So many millions of dollars. |
| 0:04.0 | It's got to be North Korea. |
| 0:05.0 | How in the world did this happen? |
| 0:07.0 | The Lazarus heist, episode one is available now. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello, is this Farho? |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah, far-hut speaking. Hello, is this Farrh? Yeah, Farrh speaking. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello, is this Leana? |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, Ellen! |
| 0:16.0 | I'm Alan Dean, and over the past year I followed the stories of people on every continent |
| 0:22.0 | for my series,'t log off. I am in Bangalore in Jerusalem |
| 0:27.8 | Sydney in Waiakil Ecuador this time I want to tell just one of those stories in depth and up close through interviews. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello Mr Allen. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, Marcellina, am I pronouncing your name correctly? |
| 0:42.6 | Marcellina, yes, you're right. |
| 0:44.4 | And their own smartphone recordings. |
| 0:46.8 | It's nearly evening in Kabul. |
| 0:49.3 | Welcome to Don't Log Off, My Life, My World, on the BBC World Service. |
| 0:56.0 | We had guests all day long and they newly left our home, |
| 1:00.0 | so I'm a bit tired and I'm going outside to buy some snacks for myself and from my family. |
| 1:06.0 | A recording of what usually is a totally ordinary activity, even in Kabul, Afghanistan, |
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