20/10/2011

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, Hind Ahmas, the first french woman fined for wearing the niqab - the full face veil - explains why she's fighting against a new law which forbids people from covering their face in public in France.

Also, Pakistani businessman Faisal Kapadia describes how he used social media to organise a campaign to help flood victims in Sindh province.

And award-winning American chef, Gina Keatley on how a childhood in poverty inspired her to take to the streets of New York to campaign against junk food