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Hello, today with us South Africa.

A difficult prediction and we have some uncomfortable questions about the power and politics of race.

The far right in Italy heads for the hills to spread its message to the German-speaking

folk in the Alps.

There's nothing like a good film, even if you're watching it in prison in Tunisia.

And then again, there's nothing quite like spending an evening in a warehouse in Canada throwing axes for fun

There have long been protests in Iraq calling for better protection for women, but they've gained new momentum recently.

In September, an Iraqi model and social media star was killed when two motorcyclists opened fire on her car in broad daylight

in the centre of Baghdad. A few days earlier a female human rights activist had been shot dead in Basra. And though they generate

fewer headlines, scores of Iraqi women are murdered every month after being accused of

immorality,

disobeying their husbands, or bringing disgrace to their families.

Shaima Kaleel has been to meet some of the women

willing to risk their lives to protect others from violence.

DOLMA is one of Iraq's most famous dishes.

It's also one of my favorites.

It reminds me of the stuffed vegetables I eat back home in Egypt where I grew up, but it's much spicier.

Bessma is a bit of an expert on Dorma, and during the last seven years she's taken to cooking as a hobby and as a coping mechanism.

It takes my mind off things, she tells me as she peals the onions.

All my fear, my anxiety, my sadness, I turn this energy into cooking

Bessma lives with seven other women in a big modestly furnished home in a quite Baghdad

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