
BBC World Service: Outlook
“True life stories from around the world“
The factory worker who became Chile’s first blind senator
Aired on Tuesday 11 Jan 2022. Produced by Gaia Caramazza, presented by Emily Webb.
In 2019, Fabiola Campillai was working in a factory where her husband Marco worked as a lorry driver. They were leading a quiet life in Santiago raising their children when a tear gas cannister changed the course of Fabiola’s life. The cannister, fired by a police officer, left her permanently blinded with multiple life-changing injuries. After spending months in hospital, Fabiola came out fighting. She had no political background, but helped by Marco, she decided to stand for election as a Senator, and won.

BBC World Service: The Compass
“Surprising stories from unusual places. With ideas too big for a single episode, The Compass presents mini-series about the environment and politics, culture and society.“
My Arab Spring: Freedom – Hurriya
Aired on 08 Dec 2021. Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Sasha Edye-Lindner, presented by Ella and Abu al Shamahi.
Across the region in 2011, protesters in their hundreds and thousands were all asking for the same thing – their freedom. Journalist Abubakr al-Shamahi and presenter Ella al-Shamahi examine how far human rights have progressed in the countries of the Arab Spring, turning first to the country so often held up as the success story of the Spring – Tunisia. Women were central to the mobilisation of protests here; Abubakr and Ella speak to activists and lawmakers to find out whether women are better off now than under Ben Ali’s dictatorship, which crumbled in 2011.
Then to Egypt, where quickly after the euphoria that erupted with the ousting of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians witnessed a military coup that plummeted the country into an even tougher political climate. How do Egyptians keep hope alive now?
Aired on 08 Dec 2021. Produced by Gaia Caramazza and Sasha Edye-Lindner, presented by Ella and Abu al Shamahi.
Freedom is important – but what is the use of freedom if you can’t put food on the table? Ella al-Shamahi and Abubakr al-Shamahi look at the importance of the economy in starting the protest movement itself, and how the citizens of these regions view their economic standing a decade on. They speak with young Tunisians who are bearing the brunt of a devastated economy, and investigate how power is still tied up within economic opportunities under the rule of President Al Sisi. And they hear from one of the few monarchies in the region to experience protests – Jordan.

The New Arab Voice
Established, scripted, produced, and co-hosted by Gaia Caramazza.
The New Arab Voice podcast brings you compelling audio journalism from the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and beyond. The format combines narrative story telling, news round-ups and exclusive interviews to unpack complex issues focusing on conflict, socio-economics and human interest stories. If you want to know more about producing TNAV from home, find my interview with Journo Resources here.
The Arab Spring, Ten Years On (Part 1: Tunisia and Libya) (DECEMBER 18, 2020)
The Arab Spring, Ten Years On (Part 2: Egypt, Yemen and Syria) (DECEMBER 18, 2020)
Bahrain joins UAE-Israeli normalisation deal, Europe’s largest refugee camp ravaged by fire (SEPTEMBER 25, 2020)
Biden woos Muslim Americans, China’s forcible sterilisation of Uighur women, and Egypt’s #MeToo moment (AUGUST 07, 2020)
Queerness under Quarantine: How the LGBT+ community is coping with the Coronavirus (APRIL 16, 2020)
Trump’s ‘Steal of the Century’ in Palestine, Putin’s bloodbath in Idlib, and Lebanon’s new ‘ feminist’ cabinet (FEBRUARY 11, 2020)
From Cox’s Bazar to Calais: Covid-19 bears down hard on refugees and migrants (MAY 15, 2020)
Ramadan 2020 and the Coronavirus pandemic: Keeping the faith in times of adversity (APRIL 24, 2020)

Shubbak Festival 2021 Podcast
Executive Producer: Gaia Caramazza, Presenter: DJ Nooriyah
In this four-part series, DJ Nooriyah will speak to the brilliant artists featured in the 2021 festival line-up, about how their art tackles some of the most pressing topics of our time. Join her for a deep dive into digital activism, the history of Arab Hip Hop, love and all its facets and the significance of the emotional relationship between audiences and artists in music – also known as ‘tarab’. The show features an eclectic mix of exclusive interviews, sounds from the artists’ performances, and the voices of the audience attending this year’s festival.
Ep 1: DIGITAL LIBERATION (July 2021)
Ep 2: THE BEAT OF A GENERATION (July 2021)
Ep 3: LONGING AND BELONGING IN LOVE (August 2021)
Ep 4: THE ECSTASY OF MUSIC (August 2021)