Wednesday 24 Sep 2014
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‘The Arab Uprisings - Debating the balance of Power’ on the ѿý's International News Services
The wave of uprisings across the Arab World have dominated the talking points of the ѿý's flag ship interactive show World Have your Say and ѿý Arabic's Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point) over the past few months.
In a special day of live programming from Cairo, Egypt on Friday 10 June, the two interactive shows will connect with English and Arabic speaking audiences to reassess the Arab Uprisings six months on from the first protests and asks the question “who has the power now?”
Broadcasting live on Friday 10 June across the ѿý's International news services (ѿý World Service radio/online, ѿý World News television and ѿý Arabic -television/radio/online), presenters Ros Akins and Samir Farah will be in Cairo to talk to audiences across the region and around the world, as well asspecial guests.
Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point) on ѿý Arabic
The flagship show Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point), presented by Samir Farah, will broadcast from15:00GMTFriday 10 June on ѿý Arabic andthe television show will broadcast live on ONTV and via ontveg.com in Egypt .
World Have your Say on ѿý World News (TV) and ѿý World Service
From16:00 GMT World Have your Say - the ѿý's award-winning global interactivenews discussion show hosted by Ros Atkins, will air on ѿý World News (TV), followed at17:00 GMT with a special edition from Cairo on ѿý World Service (radio/online).
World Have your Say uses different technology to enable as many people as possible in different parts of the world to join in the debate and interact with the programme.
Join the debate:
Audiences will be able to join in the special Arab Uprising programme via worldhaveyoursay.com, via twitter (@bbc_whys #whys #bbccairo) and facebook (ѿý world have your Say).
Forѿý Arabic,audiences can interactive with the show online via bbcarabic.com on the special online forum, via twitter ( @Nuqtat_Hewar #bbccairo #bbca) and facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/hewarbbc )
About World Have Your Say:
Hosted on the ѿý's international news services – on radio ( ѿý World Service ) and on TV ( ѿý World News) - the show is a global conversation with the agenda set by everyone taking part.
Presented by Ros Atkins, the show broadcasts weekly on ѿý World Newsn (TV) and daily on ѿý World Service radio and gives audiences around the world the opportunity to take part in the big debates and offer opinions on the news agenda.
World HaveYour Say was first launched in 1995 on ѿý World Service radio, andduring the past five years has produced shows from all around the world including a shack inKliptown, Soweto, South Africa;an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti;Milles Collines hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, where many were saved from the genocide; a factory in Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum in Mumbai, India; and a refugee camp in Calais, France, where Afghans were waiting for the chance to cross the English Channel to Britain. The programme was also the first to broadcast live from Robben Island , South Africa , where Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned, on the former president's 90th birthday.In 2008, the programme won gold at the 2008 Sony Radio Awards in the UK , in the Listener Participation category.
The television edition of the show launched on ѿý World News in 2011
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