Search results for ‘Samira Ahmed’
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Samira Ahmed wins BBC equal pay case
The BBC could face a massive bill in back-pay after it lost a landmark employment case.
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Equal pay tribunal ‘almost contemptuous of arguments BBC put forward’ – Jane Garvey on Samira Ahmed
Cathy Newman spoke to the BBC Woman’s Hour presenter, Jane Garvey.
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Samira Ahmed in the classroom for Teach First
Channel 4 News presenter Samira Ahmed was asked by the Teach First charity to tutor an English lesson in an inner-city London school. She writes about engaging the students of Lambeth Academy.
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Fake blogger is latest ‘liberal hoax’ with a good cause
Following the revelation that the lesbian Syrian blogger “damascusgaygirl” was a man living in Scotland, Samira Ahmed examines the history of the hoax with a purpose.
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Target bin Laden: why was he code named ‘Geronimo’?
The Americans chose the code name of a Native American warrior chief in the operation to kill Osama bin Laden. But, as Samira Ahmed writes, Geronimo did more than evade capture – he became a hero.
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Cameron’s £650m aid package for Pakistan
As the Prime Minister travels to Islamabad to announce £650million to help support Pakistan’s education system, Samira Ahmed looks at the political and security implications of the announcement.
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Julie Walters: how films can change your life
Oscar-nominated actress Julie Walters tells Samira Ahmed how the films she watched as a child fired her ambition to act – and why she believes such an ambition would be unrealistic nowadays.
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Gove’s ‘academic rigour’ was born at Oxford
As the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, launches a review aimed at restoring “academic rigour” to the national curriculum, Samira Ahmed looks back at the roots of his beliefs.
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Backing success in British cinema?
The King’s Speech gathers 14 nominations for next month’s Bafta awards – but does it justify the public funding it received, asks Samira Ahmed.
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Linda Grant and the ‘toxic’ legacy of the babyboomers
The Orange Prize-winning novelist, Linda Grant, talks to Samira Ahmed about her new novel on the often “toxic” legacy of the babyboomer generation.
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Annie Lennox heads New Year Honours List
Pop star Annie Lennox joins a host of entertainment stars, sporting heroes, top businessmen and unsung local heroes in the New Year Honours List. Samira Ahmed looks at who has been recognised.
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Celebrity Mastermind: memories of the black leather chair
When Channel 4 News presenter Samira Ahmed agreed to appear on Celebrity Mastermind, nobody told her she would be subject to makeup mishaps, psychological intimidation and pain in the brain.
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Government backtracks on funding for Book Trust
As the Book Trust charity confirms the government will now help the book gifting programme continue in England, Samira Ahmed reflects on how to put a cost on the value of the scheme.
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Parents fear missing architect has been kidnapped
The family of a 25-year-old architect, missing for nearly a week in Bristol, say they fear she has been kidnapped, and that “Christmas is suspended until she comes back”, as Samira Ahmed discovers.
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UK religious leaders condemn Koran burning
As the furore over the threatened Koran burning by a US pastor continues, Samira Ahmed visits a mosque in Surrey where local religious leaders and councillors “made a stand for reason and tolerance”.
