The Women and Children of Islamic State

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🗓️ 6 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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A visit to an IS women and children's camp in northern Syria where the residents face an uncertain future. Anna Foster visits the Al Hawl camp to talk to those who are trying to salvage some form of life beyond the caliphate The rape and murder of an eight-year old girl last year in Indian-administered Kashmir had reverberations across India. As they awaited the verdict of the trial of the eight accused, Divya Arya went to speak to the nomadic Muslim community trying to come to terms with their loss. The rate of destruction in the Amazon rainforest has increased by 60 percent in the last two months, and the impact of deforestation is being heavily felt by Brazil's indigenous people. David Shukman, the BBC's Science editor, went to visit the Uru-eu-wau-wau people and learned how they were trying to balance their traditional way of life with the pace of change and development in the region. A local village mayor in south-West France has launched a campaign for rural noises, such as the sound of cicadas and roosters, to be awarded national heritage status. Chris Bockman visits the village of Gajac and discovers that the battle lines have been drawn between two very different groups of residents over the issue. The Catalan independence movement has attracted international media to the region, and one journalist, Tim Smith, found himself on assignment in Barcelona for a prolonged stay. He discovered the internet can be a useful resource for forging new and eclectic friendship groups, and finds himself immersed in everything from heated political debates to advanced cycling.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:04.7	Today we head for Kashmir on a murder story which has resonated across India.
0:10.4	Deep in the Amazon forest in Brazil, does the mobile phone work? Modern technology
0:17.0	meets a way of life wrestling with change. The delights of the countryside or not in France.
0:23.6	Cock crow and church bell are at the heart of a heated debate
0:27.4	and we learn how to make friends in Barcelona.
0:31.2	The wretched legacy of the violent so-called caliphate of ISIS can be seen across Iraq and Syria,
0:38.6	and particularly in the huge camps which contain thousands of women who travel to be part of the
0:44.8	organization. Their status is unclear, they can't leave, and many are unlikely to be
0:51.1	able to return to their own countries as Anna Foster has found in
0:54.9	the Al-Haul camp in northern Syria. The heat is overwhelming. It's 8 in the morning
1:02.0	and the temperature in Al- camp is already heading towards 40 degrees.
1:07.0	Under the burning sun, black-clad figures are everywhere.
1:11.0	They are completely covered, swayed from head to foot in heavy black robes. Hands are hidden, faces draped with material. As they walk together in small groups, suspicious eyes rake to and fro, surveying the scene
1:25.4	around them.
1:27.3	These are the women of Islamic State, those who surrendered amid the wreckage of the group
1:32.4	in Syria. along with their children
1:34.6	they eke out an existence in this tented city. Some talk, but what striking are the things
1:41.8	they won't tell you, their names, the cities they came from.
1:46.3	Most importantly, what drove them to join a murderous caliphate and what role they played
1:51.8	within it. These women see themselves as victims, but each one
1:56.6	made the decision despite the horrifying images the group broadcast around the world to join it.
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