Shamima Begum - Part 2

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01/01/25 • 88 min

We left part one in February 2019, just after Shamima Begum had been discovered by a British journalist in a refugee camp in Syria.

News of the discovery of one of the 'Isis 4' shocked the nation and spread like wildfire. And soon, journalists were queuing up to interview her.

What unfolded over the following months and years divided public opinion and reached the upper echelons of British government, as they strived to solve the question on everybody's lips: 'How do you solve a problem lime Shamima Begum?'.

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We left part one in February 2019, just after Shamima Begum had been discovered by a British journalist in a refugee camp in Syria.

News of the discovery of one of the 'Isis 4' shocked the nation and spread like wildfire. And soon, journalists were queuing up to interview her.

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Theme music arranged and composed by Holly-Jane Shears - check her work out at www.soundcloud.com/DeadDogInBlackBag

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