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An American Muslim S11 Hero

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Download It’s been a decade since the September 11 attacks on America that killed nearly three thousand people.

Pakistani born Talat Hamdani lost her 22-year-old son Salman when the second tower fell.

Salman was a paramedic, he’d rushed to the site to help out, but caught in the rubble and the chaos, he died.

Salman’s remains were not found until some weeks later, and instead of being praised, he became a suspect in the terrorist attacks.

Police interrogated his family and searched his house several times.

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the killings Alice Brennan in New York meets with his family.

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Pakistan’s Special Tailor

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Download Pakistan just ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this year.

According to the government, there were 6,000 disabled people in Pakistan in 2009, but the actual figure is believed to be much higher.

With limited job prospects, disabled people in Pakistan are at a high risk of being trafficked or forced into begging syndicates.

Yasser Khan meets a disabled tailor in Rawalpindi who is determined to have a different fate.

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Asia Film Festival

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Download Asia is booming and rapid economic and social changes are taking place across the region particularly in countries like China and South Korea.

Three new Asian films deal with the sense of loss many people are feeling as a new and often dehumanised civilization is built changing old ways of living.

Ric Wasserman went to see the films and met with the directors at the Stockholm International Film Festival.

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Pandji Pragiwaksono

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In Indonesia, almost 80 percent of internet users engage in a social activity such as managing a social-network profile, writing a blog, or using Twitter. Pandji Pragiwaksono is a popular hip-hop artist who has harnessed the obsession with social media to promote anti-corruption and anti-terrorist movements. He is also the host of the  national political television talk show called ‘Provocative proactive’.Pandj uses social media, rap and his television program to get young people to take action on corruption in partnership with the anti-corruption commission.

Listen to one of his tracks here.

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Fusion Sufi Songs a Big Hit with Pakistani Youth

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There are some elements among Islamist extremists, including the Taliban, who believe that worshipping at the shrines of saints is un-Islamic. But despite growing threats Sufism and its mystical elements are gaining popularity amongst the young.  While the hardliners and militants strongly resist the mystical form of the Islam, Pakistani youth are becoming addicted to Sufi songs. In this track Arif Lohar performs with pop singer Meesha Shafi in front of a crowd of enthusiastic young people.

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The Bangladeshi Women Making Rural Mystic Music Cool

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Bangla is one of the most popular youth bands in Bangladesh. They have popularized the music and ideas of the Baul mystic minstrels of rural Bangladesh, than any other band in the country. Anushe Anadil the group’s lead vocalist was brought up in a family dominated by high brow Bengali culture.

 

Punjabi Music Makes Everyone Dance

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Bhangra music from the Indian state of Punjab has gained international popularity in recent years, both in traditional form and mixed with genres such as hip-hop, house, and reggae. Bhangra lyrics, which are always sung in Punjabi, mainly talk about love and dancing. But there are also many Bhangra songs dedicated to Punjabi pride. Ashok Masti is a Bhangra musician who is well known for creating new arrangements for traditional songs.

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Micro-hydro Bringing Electricity to Millions of Remote Indonesians

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Download Indonesia is booming: the economy grew at its fastest annual rate for six years in 2010 and is showing no signs of slowing down.

But development is dramatically unevenly.

Almost 40 percent of the people in Indonesia don’t have access to electricity. Not even a generator.

But one woman Tri Mumpuni is trying to change that.

With her organization called Ibeka, she is planning to bring clean renewable energy to 90 million Indonesians who are currently in the dark.

Esther de Jong went to visit one such energy project on the Island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia.

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China’s Archaeological Amusement Park

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Download Bones found in the Chinese region of Ningxia indicate that modern humans were in China as long as 30,000 years ago.

It’s the countries second most important Paleolithic sites after Peking Man near Beijing.

Clarence Chua is in Ningxia to trace some of China’s earliest inhabitants.

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