BUT WHY BITESIZE - WAR WITH TABAN SHORESH

08/28/23 • 17 min

This week's But Why bitesize is extraordinary and a little different. In normal circumstances, these mini episodes involve a very complicated edit, but not this week.

In this episode Clemmie is looking at war with child genocide survivor Taban Shoresh, who founded Lotus Flower, a non-profit that supports female conflict survivors and refugees in Kurdistan, Iraq. And this shortened episode is simply her first answer. You can find the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.

With a political activist father during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taban was imprisoned with her family aged just four, and they narrowly escaped being buried alive.

After a year dodging bombs and bullets, they were finally flown to the UK by Amnesty to start a new life.

In 2016 decided to give up her successful City of London career and establish Lotus Flower. It now supports women and girls who lost everything at the hands of ISIS, including their homes and loved ones, and who also suffered barbaric crimes such as slavery, rape and torture.

To find out more about Lotus Flower visit Supporting Women & Girls impacted by conflict I The Lotus Flower.

And to check out more content and listen to previous episodes go to @ButWhy_podcast.

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This week's But Why bitesize is extraordinary and a little different. In normal circumstances, these mini episodes involve a very complicated edit, but not this week.

With a political activist father during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taban was imprisoned with her family aged just four, and they narrowly escaped being buried alive.

After a year dodging bombs and bullets, they were finally flown to the UK by Amnesty to start a new life.

To find out more about Lotus Flower visit Supporting Women & Girls impacted by conflict I The Lotus Flower.

And to check out more content and listen to previous episodes go to @ButWhy_podcast.

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