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journalists from all around the world. I'm when I left Iran. It's red and a standard small checked luggage. When I was

packing it back in July 2009, I didn't really think I wasn't going back to Iran.

So I chucked in the usual stuff you would pack for a short holiday,

a few dresses, my makeup bag, my laptop, and just a few other essentials. I didn't pack as if I was moving to another

country. I left so much stuff behind. Today, this suitcase has become a symbol of something bigger, resilience, and the will to move on and build a new life.

I'm not the only BBC journalist living in exile. There are 310 of us and the

number has nearly doubled in the past four years. Many face jail sentences, death threats and harassment, both online and

offline because of the work they do. Some prefer to remain anonymous. But today I'm joined by two of my colleagues Shazia Haia from

BBC Pashto and Nina Nazarova from BBC Russian who are both happy to share their stories and the content of their last suitcase with me.

First up is Shazia, who left Afghanistan in a rush after the Taliban took over in the summer of 2021.

We were told that we are not allowed to take so many things with us because we were about to get evacuated in military aircrafts.

So there wasn't...

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