Thanks for downloading this documentary podcast from the BBC World Service, I'm Tim Hewall,

and like most other reporters, I haven't been able to travel as much this year as usual because of Covid.

But via social media, I've gained access to some places I would never have been allowed into as a journalist on the ground,

and had a window into lives I couldn't have imagined.

This story starts in one such place, a private mansion in Arabia.

This is me, Fabriottson, I recommend stuff with short video, I will do it with my video.

This is the kitchen, they have two kitchen, this is the outside kitchen.

A young, open-faced African woman with close-cropped hair in black t-shirt and flowery skirt is

videoing herself on her mobile phone, giving me a virtual guided tour of what's become her entire world.

I will water the plantation, all the plantation, here I will switch here.

This is the other kitchen, this is the stove.

I will put my clean here, here you will play home for your kids.

She's padding across a wide courtyard with lush green vegetation,

in and out of a series of huge empty rooms full of expensive, bland fittings and furnishings.

Here is the other house, Batu-gu.

Every room has Batu-gu.

Every room, so-wo-wo, all have Batu-gu.

I mean the Batu-gu.

Every room is spotless, the marble surfaces,

the floors all gleaming, not a crumb on the cooker, not a toy on the floor.

Thanks to the efforts of my guide.

If you finish the eats, I will come and clear everything so I'm the one who can clear everywhere.

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