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Hiba is a feminist revolutionary from Syria. When the conflict started in 2011, she would encourage women to take a stand against the Assad regime and hid a camera under her veil to film atrocities. Hiba told Jo Fidgen that her defiance is inspired by her heroine, British author Virginia Woolf.

Presenter: Jo Fidgen
Producer: Deiniol Buxton

Picture: Poster of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad
Credit: George Ourfalian/AFP/Getty Images

Published on Tuesday, 24th September 2019.

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