Abir Awad
Country Director for BBC Media Action, Iraq, Abir has recently managed a project called Socially Responsible Media Platforms for the Arab World, in which BBC Media Action supported the production of TV and web drama. The project’s previous TV drama, Dawaran Shoubra, was broadcast in 2011 and attracted tens of millions of viewers.
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COVID-19 in Iraq: How public interest media can save lives
A pop song about protecting yourself from COVID-19 is blaring from loudspeakers in a hospital in Baghdad. The public interest broadcaster behind it, Al Mirbad, is a rare and trusted voice for news and information in Basra – read more about its vital work during the pandemic from our Iraq country...
Lifeline radio for displaced Iraqis
Radio is proving a lifeline for people displaced by conflict in northern Iraq and cut off from contact with the outside world.
A Girl Called Zaat: a TV drama for a turbulent Egypt
BBC Media Action's Abir Awad on how TV series A Girl Called Zaat is portraying Egypt’s modern history – even while that history is being made.
