<p>The second part of Ramita’s interview with Emmy and Robert F. Kennedy award-winning Iraqi journalist and documentary producer Mais Al-Bayaa.</p> <p> </p> <p>After surviving a targeted suicide bombing, Mais recounts how she discovered she was on a militia hit list, finally prompting her to leave Iraq. </p> <p> </p> <p>She also describes why, despite fleeing her motherland, she decided to return, and how the birth of her daughter has given her the courage to continue reporting on dangerous stories.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>Watch Mais’s documentary <a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07ptd0f">Undercover with the clerics: Iraq secret sex trade</a> BBC2 and also available in the US via <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/">PBS Frontline website</a> </li> <li>Mais and Ramita worked together on <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/iraqs-assassins/">Iraq’s Assassins</a> and <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/iraq-uncovered/">Iraq Uncovered</a> and US listeners can watch it on the <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/">PBS Frontline website</a> </li> <li>Follow Mais on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/maisalbayaa">@maisalbayaa </a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Line of Fire with Ramita Navai

Aurra Studios

Mais Al-Bayaa (part two) : I kept screaming “is anyone alive?” but I did not hear anyone. I genuinely thought I was dead

JUN 1, 202247 MIN
The Line of Fire with Ramita Navai

Mais Al-Bayaa (part two) : I kept screaming “is anyone alive?” but I did not hear anyone. I genuinely thought I was dead

JUN 1, 202247 MIN

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<p>The second part of Ramita’s interview with Emmy and Robert F. Kennedy award-winning Iraqi journalist and documentary producer Mais Al-Bayaa.</p> <p> </p> <p>After surviving a targeted suicide bombing, Mais recounts how she discovered she was on a militia hit list, finally prompting her to leave Iraq. </p> <p> </p> <p>She also describes why, despite fleeing her motherland, she decided to return, and how the birth of her daughter has given her the courage to continue reporting on dangerous stories.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>Watch Mais’s documentary <a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07ptd0f">Undercover with the clerics: Iraq secret sex trade</a> BBC2 and also available in the US via <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/">PBS Frontline website</a> </li> <li>Mais and Ramita worked together on <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/iraqs-assassins/">Iraq’s Assassins</a> and <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/iraq-uncovered/">Iraq Uncovered</a> and US listeners can watch it on the <a href= "https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/">PBS Frontline website</a> </li> <li>Follow Mais on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/maisalbayaa">@maisalbayaa </a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>