Open Eye is not a series about photography, but more about the people and the landscapes with which a photographer forms a deep and visceral bond.
In part one Lebanese photographer Dalia Khamissy attempts to uncover what happened to the estimated 17,000 people kidnapped during the Lebanese civil war. Her journey takes her to a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut where she meets seventy nine year old Amina Hassan Banat. In 1981 Christian militants took four of her sons, which she was never to see again. Even after all these years, Amina still has hope that she will be reunited with her sons, but as one politician tells Dalia, ‘Lebanon is a country of mass graves.’
Open Eye is accompanied by a unique photo film, featuring the stills of Lebanese photographer, Dalia Khamissy, online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
In the second programme, acclaimed photographer Joseph Rodriguez turns his lens on a group of young Muslims growing up in the city of Malmo, Sweden. Its a city increasingly divided on racial, religious and cultural grounds, and one in which Joseph discovers many young Muslims feel they are treated as second class citizens. One young woman who runs a youth club declares that she is tempted to wear the veil in protest of the racism she feels is prevalent in Sweden.
The first episode is available to listen to at http://www.bbc.co.uk/
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