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World Service,08 Aug 2018,53 mins

Playing Dead to Survive Afghan Siege

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Shot three times and left for dead, Breshna Musazai was studying at a university in Kabul when militants attacked the campus. She survived and has just graduated. As manager of a library in Philadelphia, Judi Moore's duties involve introducing kids to new books, helping them with homework and encouraging them to read. But she's also trained to administer an opioid overdose reversal drug. Outlook’s Tara Gadomski went to find out why. Nakhane Toure is a South African musician and actor who had a lead role in a film about a gay love story taking place around a Xhosa circumcision ceremony. It was such a controversial movie, he even received death threats. The famous Bolivian instrument maker called Adrian Villanueva creates ornate musical instruments out of paper. Outlook’s Jane Chambers went to meet him in La Paz. Image: Breshna Musazai Credit: Washington Post/Breshna Musazai

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