The Fifth Floor: Make-up and rebellion

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In countries like Somalia and Iran, where women are largely expected to present themselves with modesty, what role can make-up play? Bella Hassan of BBC Focus on Africa is from Somalia and Mina Joshaghani of BBC Persian is from Iran. They tell us about how make-up functions in a conservative society. (Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
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0:09.0	the fifth floor.
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0:21.0	This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC journalists from all around the world.
0:29.0	I'm quite a
0:40.3	colorful person I agree with her. I love wearing bright colors. I have colorful tattoos and I plan to get more. I
0:48.8	wear a lot of statement accessories and I never leave the house without wearing my bright red lipstick.
0:56.8	I just love makeup. I'm also from Iran, a country ruled by a very conservative Islamic regime.
1:04.3	Growing up there, expressing my sense of fashion, could and did get me in trouble
1:09.9	with the so-called morality police.
1:12.4	But it is not just the regime that imposes with the so-called morality police.
1:12.7	But it is not just the regime that imposes strict rules on fashion for women.
1:18.0	Many religious and traditional people also frown upon women wearing wearing bright colors.
1:25.0	So in this episode, I'm going to talk
1:26.9	to two of my colleagues about how women's fashion
1:29.8	and makeup function in conservative countries and how women use these as tools of
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