Making Prosthetics for Fellow Refugees
Asem Hasna lost his leg to a bomb in Syria. After fleeing to Jordan he realised that other refugees were in the same situation. He told Matthew Bannister his story.
Asem Hasna lost his leg to a bomb in Syria. After fleeing to Jordan he realised that other refugees were in the same situation. He told Matthew Bannister his story.
Kavita Devi is a former weightlifting champion who has just become the first Indian woman to take part in World Wresting Entertainment or WWE. She describes how she smashed through the glass ceiling.
Ingmarie Halling toured the world with the Swedish supergroup ABBA as their wardrobe assistant helping them in and out of some of their outrageous costumes. Today, she is the Creative Director of Stockholm's ABBA Museum. An exhibition called Super Troupers featuring some of the band's costumes runs at London's Southbank Centre until April 2018.
Image: Asem Hasna
Credit: MARO KOURI
Last on
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Thu 28 Dec 2017 12:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service except News Internet
- Thu 28 Dec 2017 16:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service Australasia
- Thu 28 Dec 2017 18:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service except Australasia, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Fri 29 Dec 2017 04:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service Online, Australasia & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Fri 29 Dec 2017 06:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service Americas and the Caribbean & South Asia only
- Fri 29 Dec 2017 07:06GMT±«Óãtv World Service East Asia
Contact Outlook
Info on how we might use your contribution on air
Podcast: Lives Less Ordinary
Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected