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´óÏó´«Ã½ Newsmaker Jordan winners broadcast to millions


The Jordan winners of the successful ´óÏó´«Ã½ NewsMaker young journalism competition have now produced their content and had it broadcast to millions of listeners across the globe on ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.

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Their stories are also available in audio and text on the websites bbcworldservice.com/newsmaker and bbcworldservice.com/yourstory.

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Lina Ejeilat, 24, and Sarah Muthanna, 21, beat more than 500 entries from 20 to 30-year-olds in Jordan to win the English-language contest which was aimed at non-professionals and closed in April.

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The judges were singer, actress and TV presenter, Rania Kurdi, ´óÏó´«Ã½'s special correspondent and presenter, Lyse Doucet, and Editor of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service News and Current Affairs, Liliane Landor.

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Sarah Muthanna is an Iraqi medical student who fled the violence of Baghdad when her father was kidnapped last year. Like many Iraqis, she has found refuge in the Jordanian capital, Amman.

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Sarah's award-winning entry explores how Iraqi academics, students and doctors are under threat of assassination.

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She says Iraq was once renowned for its centres of learning but many are now fleeing the country.

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"Being involved myself in the story gave me the advantage of being very passionate about making it sound moving to listeners, but it also meant I had to ask some difficult questions that stirred very deep emotions and memories for me and for my interviewees."

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Lina Ejeilat is an electrical engineering graduate, working for a telecommunication company in Amman, and says she is obsessed with music.

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Her story looks at Jordan's musical culture. She says that for too long the country has been musically overshadowed by its neighbours Lebanon, Syria and Egypt, but a new cultural identity is emerging largely inspired by Jordan's alternative musicians.

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"As a young person, who has grown up in Amman, I was noticing big changes in the musical scene in the city ... for so many years I'd been on the lookout for concerts and music events ... but you wouldn't find a Jordanian band doing original music – except for the Rum Group.

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"The last two or three years have been fascinating to me, with the scene growing quickly and bands striving to do something different and more importantly in 'Ammani'."

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While the Jordan leg of ´óÏó´«Ã½ NewsMaker has closed, Jordanians can still share their stories with the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s English-language online audiences around the world via the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Your Story website.

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Designed to be a global hub for people to share and showcase their stories, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ offers visitors expertise and advice on how to make the most of their idea and often tracks stories as they unfold.

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Visit bbcworldservice.com/yourstory for more information.

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Date: 11.10.2007
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