0:00:02 > 0:00:05I'm Nel Hedayat. I'm from London, but like most of us,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09I watched on the news as revolution spread across the Arab world,
0:00:09 > 0:00:11with young people at the heart of them.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15- CROWD ROARS - I've been amazed by how people have come together
0:00:15 > 0:00:18to overthrow governments and change their world.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21Now I'm going on a journey to meet them.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26- GUNFIRE AND CAR HORNS BLARING - I've never been around when they're celebrating through live gunfire!
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Do you feel bad for the people you killed?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30No, they had it coming.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32They tortured your son?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'I'll find that revolutions are still going on...'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37They're going to get shot!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39The police are shooting.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42It's all flowing this way, it feels like burning.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'..and I'll get caught up in the heart of events...'
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Oh, my God. He's bleeding in his leg.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55I'm shaking. I'm very nervous, sorry.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Yeah, yeah. We're getting used to it.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01'..as I find myself alongside people still fighting for freedom.'
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Just to be standing here in the middle of a revolution.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07I mean, this is what it is.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The first stop on my Arab Spring journey is Egypt.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It's just over a year since a country I had thought of
0:01:23 > 0:01:25as a holiday destination hit the world headlines
0:01:25 > 0:01:27for a very different reason.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31People across the country took to the streets
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and began a massive uprising against a hated dictator.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40I'm starting my journey at one of Egypt's best-known landmarks.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42They're a lot smaller than I thought.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45No, I'm joking, they're... massive, aren't they?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47I'm here to meet a girl called Maggie,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50who was really active during the revolution,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and I've chosen, sort of, an iconic spot.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55This is what you think when you think of Egypt, isn't it?
0:01:55 > 0:01:57You think pyramids, you think Sphinx.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00And this is, like, a massive part of their history
0:02:00 > 0:02:03but this revolution is a new chapter.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07'While I was watching events at home in London,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11'24-year-old Maggie Osama was one of the ordinary Egyptians
0:02:11 > 0:02:13'who took to the streets.'
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- I'm Maggie. - Maggie, so nice to see you finally!
0:02:15 > 0:02:18'She gave up her job in IT to join the thousands
0:02:18 > 0:02:22'who went to Cairo's Tahrir Square, the centre of the protests.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:25You got rid of Hosni Mubarak,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29who was the leader of this country for years and years and years.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Were you in the Square? - Yeah. It was awesome, you know?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- This is the celebration...?- Yeah.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42People were actually screaming, crying...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Can't believe this, can't believe this moment.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48It was, you know, like a miracle.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50In January last year, Maggie,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53alongside hundreds of thousands of Egyptians,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56came out on the streets to protest against the 30-year regime
0:02:56 > 0:02:59of President Hosni Mubarak.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02During his time in power, there were no free and fair elections,
0:03:02 > 0:03:07and police brutality, torture and corruption were common.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Young people like Maggie never knew any other way of life.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13People were calling over Facebook and Twitter,
0:03:13 > 0:03:16"Guys, on 25th of January we are going to do a revolution,"
0:03:16 > 0:03:19so I said, "That's really shit." THEY LAUGH
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Nobody prepared for a revolution, you know?
0:03:21 > 0:03:25But when the first bullet had been shot
0:03:25 > 0:03:29and by the first one who got killed, people just decided,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33"We won't go home till Mubarak leave."
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- ROWDY SHOUTING - In the 18 days before Mubarak stepped down,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41protesters like Maggie came under brutal attack by the police,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43but they refused to leave Tahrir Square.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49'Across Egypt, more than 800 people died.'
0:03:49 > 0:03:52What did your parents have to say when you were saying,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55"Oh, no. I'm just going to step out and have a bit of a protest, Mum."
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- What was that conversation like? - They were screaming, "No!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01"Come back here! You won't go, you won't go."
0:04:01 > 0:04:03I said, "No, I WILL go."
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Oh, my God. It's going to spit in my eye, I can feel it.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12He's looking at you. I'm so scared of them.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- CAMEL GROWLS - OK, let's go, let's go, let's go!
0:04:16 > 0:04:21You never know what they're going to do. Camels are scary!
0:04:23 > 0:04:28Super, super exciting to hear Maggie talk about the revolution.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Wow, she's my age, she's 24 years old,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35and she had to get up on the streets, risk her life every day.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39It's really hard to get your head around that, really hard.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43But the revolution isn't over.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46A year later, the protesters are back in Tahrir Square.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Mubarak may have gone, but they say change isn't happening fast enough
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and they've set up camp again.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I want to see Tahrir Square for myself, but as I head into town,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I find myself in the middle of a traffic jam
0:05:01 > 0:05:04that is massive, even by Cairo standards.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06SIRENS WAIL
0:05:06 > 0:05:08There's something going on.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21I want to find out what's happening,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23but people are blocking the road ahead
0:05:23 > 0:05:27so I decide to ditch the car and continue on foot.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33The road's completely empty, they've shut it off up there,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34I don't know if you can see that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37There's a few people walking around quite scared,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39not really sure what's going on,
0:05:39 > 0:05:43and I think it's all happening down there, near Tahrir Square.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45PHONE BLEEPS
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Bloody hell.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Maggie's just, basically, texted me...
0:05:51 > 0:05:5534 people, Maggie says, have been poisoned
0:05:55 > 0:05:59by a woman who's been giving away food with poison in it.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03'The information I'm getting is sinister and confusing.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:06People are nervous, people are a bit scared.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It's all over the place at the minute,
0:06:09 > 0:06:11No-one's really sure what's happening.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- RAISED VOICES - Oh, my God. Oh, shit!
0:06:23 > 0:06:26'It's being claimed that these protesters have been poisoned
0:06:26 > 0:06:29'by a woman giving out sandwiches on the street.'
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- What's that? - This is dangerous meat.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- This is the dangerous food? - Yeah, that killed everybody here.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Oh, my God. Where did you find that?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Got at the hospital.- You got it from the hospital?!- Yeah.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Jesus. All right, well, you want to bin that.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47HE SHOUTS ANGRILY
0:06:50 > 0:06:55About 113 people eat the food, and poison.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Now in hospital at the poison centre.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Why is someone poisoning you? Why?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I don't know. I think it's the government.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05WOMAN CHANTS IN ARABIC
0:07:05 > 0:07:09CROWD JOINS IN
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Some of the protesters from Tahrir Square
0:07:11 > 0:07:14have set up another camp here outside government buildings.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17The whole street is lined with tents,
0:07:17 > 0:07:21and people are on their phones and laptops.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24SHE CONTINUES CHANTING
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I look for someone to explain what's going on.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Are you a protester? Is that what you're doing here?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Who? Who's they?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Mubarak.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The military. And are you going to stay here
0:07:59 > 0:08:02after you know people have been trying to kill you...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07And still you're here.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Wow. Oh, my God.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19RAISED VOICES
0:08:19 > 0:08:24There are around 300 protesters camping here.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I'm hoping Maggie can tell me more about them.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- That's the Occupy Cabinet sit-in. - Yes. They were really hostile towards the army.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35The army promised the Egyptian people that there would be
0:08:35 > 0:08:39a transitional period that they would rule the country in, you know?
0:08:39 > 0:08:43And then Egypt will be a civilian state.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47But, you know, it's over a year now
0:08:47 > 0:08:50and they are STILL ruling the country.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54So people just took the streets on 18th of November.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58They are saying, "We don't want military rule any more."
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The military government have actually given the people
0:09:05 > 0:09:07what they wanted - elections,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11but they've also said they'll remain outside the control
0:09:11 > 0:09:13of the new government, elected by the people.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18The protesters who returned to the square in November
0:09:18 > 0:09:21accused the army of wanting to hang on to power.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23When they refused to leave the streets,
0:09:23 > 0:09:28the army came down on them, hard. In four days, 38 people were killed,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and yet, protesters like Ghadah are still out there.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34You imagine a revolution, you imagine success, don't you?
0:09:34 > 0:09:38That's kind of what it means, a revolution, a change,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42a big difference. But the question remains - what happens after?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45They're not happy with the way things are going.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51There is a huge helping of uncertainty, confusion, suspicion.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It's like Pandora's Box has been opened.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58That's why people reacted so strongly
0:09:58 > 0:10:00over the food-poisoning incident,
0:10:00 > 0:10:04although no one died, and it was never proven to be a deliberate act.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10'Seeing people last night on their smart phones and laptops,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13'you'd think that the protesters in the revolution
0:10:13 > 0:10:17'were all middle-class Facebook users, but Maggie says that's not the case.'
0:10:17 > 0:10:21The main trigger for this revolution
0:10:21 > 0:10:27is, you know, we have lots of people here who suffer poverty.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29'She's taking me to Manshiet Nasser,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31'one of Cairo's poorest neighbourhoods.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34'Most of the protesters who took part in the revolution
0:10:34 > 0:10:37'came from areas like this.'
0:10:37 > 0:10:40'One in every five Egyptians lives below the poverty line
0:10:40 > 0:10:44'and the gap between rich and poor has been growing.'
0:10:45 > 0:10:48People usually come here because bread is very cheap.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51OK. Do you think we can speak to someone?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- Yeah, for sure.- I hope so.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Can we speak to her? Can you ask her if it's OK?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- MAGGIE TRANSLATES - This is the food for your entire family?
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Yes.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- Is it OK if we come with you to your house? Is that all right? - MAGGIE TRANSLATES
0:11:08 > 0:11:12- Yes.- Oh, thank you.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15'Rakma is eight years old.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18'Her home is hidden away down a narrow maze of alleys.'
0:11:18 > 0:11:21GREETINGS IN ARABIC
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'Her mother welcomes us in.'
0:11:24 > 0:11:26How many people live in this house?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Like, about, four or five families live here.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34How long have you been getting the bread,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36it's from the government, isn't it?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Glass?
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Bloody hell.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49How much do you earn per month - you and your husband combined?
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh, my God. It's three British pounds!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Is that enough to live on?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10'Rising food prices across the world
0:12:10 > 0:12:14'have hit poor Egyptians like Rakma's mum especially hard.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18'Desperation drove them to join the revolution,
0:12:18 > 0:12:21'but since then, daily life has become even more expensive.'
0:12:21 > 0:12:25What about onions? Are they more expensive?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27How much before and now?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38'A kilo of meat costs two days of her husband's wages,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41'and the whole family lives in three rooms.'
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So seven people sleep in this room?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50So, you're just forgotten?
0:12:57 > 0:13:00It was heartbreaking to hear that, actually,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02they live from hand to mouth, literally.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I mean, I was standing there listening to her, thinking,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07"Bloody hell. So this is the reality."
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Egypt shouldn't be a poor country,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14there shouldn't be people living like that,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16but the government just let it crumble.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19So far, revolution hasn't delivered
0:13:19 > 0:13:23what Rakma and her family were hoping.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29The protesters in Tahrir Square are a smaller crowd these days.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33It seems most Egyptians are happy to wait and see how elections work out.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36But the people here say it's not enough.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38They're calling for the military
0:13:38 > 0:13:41to hand over power immediately to a civilian government,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44and they're prepared to stay here till it happens.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I've never seen anything like it. Here is a little street kitchen
0:13:50 > 0:13:52for all the protesters, if they're hungry or thirsty.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56People there are having a little shop, getting their morning coffees.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59There are still cleaners on the street cleaning the rubble,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01putting it to one side, collecting rubbish.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07'Anger against the military can be seen everywhere,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10'and there's evidence of the recent clashes.'
0:14:10 > 0:14:13So, they, kind of, like, break up bits of pavement like that.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17And they hurl that, and I tell you, it might not look like it,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21but this is a heavy bit of rock. If that hit someone's head...
0:14:21 > 0:14:25'During the demonstrations, buildings around Tahrir Square
0:14:25 > 0:14:28'become mini hospitals to treat the injured protesters,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31'including Omar Makram mosque.'
0:14:33 > 0:14:35'I'm meeting two volunteers here
0:14:35 > 0:14:38'who helped out during the November protests.'
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- Hi. Hello, I'm Nel - Hi, I'm Farah, how are you?
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Farah, nice to meet you.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- I'm Alaa.- Alaa, nice to meet you. Wow. That's a lot of medicine.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- You guys are really well-stocked.- Yeah.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51I mean this is proper, like, everything, isn't it?
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Yeah, it's probably, like, a small pharmacy.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- Are you a doctor?- No.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58- I'm a medical student. - Oh, so you're a medical student.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Things related to the protests, I had to learn it all,
0:15:02 > 0:15:07like, basically, working with the tear-gas bomb victims.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12- What else?- There were rubber bullets and live bullets.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15- Live bullets? There were actual live bullets?- Yeah.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18CALL TO PRAYER
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- Is it...- Yes.- ..time to pray? - Yes, it's Juma prayer time...
0:15:22 > 0:15:26'Farah and Alaa are committed Muslims and, like many Egyptians,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29'their dream is an Islamic state.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32'They want to take me to pray in Tahrir Square.'
0:15:35 > 0:15:39'Out on the street, the atmosphere suddenly seems different.'
0:15:39 > 0:15:42Why are they waking...? Look, that guy's waking everyone up.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Usually, the hitting thing is, like, there's danger coming.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49The first place to check out for information is Twitter.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- It's all gone a bit scary. - They're saying that the, um...
0:15:57 > 0:16:01The army soldiers are still throwing hundreds of rocks
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- at protesters in the Cabinet. - Rocks?!
0:16:03 > 0:16:06The Cabinet Street is not here, it's like over there.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12What's going on? It's so confusing.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- 'We're starting to see people with injuries.' - RAISED VOICES
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- What are they shouting?- They're telling the ambulance to come.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Shit! Oh, my God.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25He's bleeding in his leg!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28CROWD SHOUTS ANGRILY
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- That's a live bullet? That's a bullet, he's been shot.- That's a live bullet.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36How do you react to a man bleeding from his thigh,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39how do you react to that?!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43VOICE CALLS FROM LOUDSPEAKER
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- I'm shaking.- Yeah, It's fine, it's fine.- I'm very nervous, sorry.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Yeah, yeah, we're getting used to it, it's fine, it's fine.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I can't BELIEVE it. You think one year on,
0:16:55 > 0:17:00- you'd think that they would... - Yeah, I know. It's really bad.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- It just kills you, you know, to see it. Are you OK?- Yeah, I'm fine.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08'All around us, there's panic and confusion.'
0:17:08 > 0:17:12I can hear that, that's definitely gunshots. That's a gas bomb?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The gas bomb, the sound is thicker.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I can hear that. There's definitely something in the air. OK.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21SIRENS WAIL
0:17:27 > 0:17:30'We're trying to find our way out of the chaos,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34'but all the roads seem to be filled with protesters.'
0:17:34 > 0:17:37That guy's just got, like, a piece of wood in front, what's he doing?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39They're going to make petrol bombs, aren't they?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42They're looking for petrol, I don't know why, it's really dangerous.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45There's only one reason you'd look for petrol
0:17:45 > 0:17:47when you're getting shot at.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48THEY SHOUT
0:17:51 > 0:17:53PHONE RINGS
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Hi, Maggie.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01Hi, where are you? We're actually in Tahrir Square right now.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02You're in there?!
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Oh, my God. Were they shooting at you?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16That's crazy. OK, Maggie. Please be safe, OK?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Maggie was in it when the police started attacking them.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22She heard bullets, and, if I can, I'll get to her,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26but it's just... You don't know what's around the corner here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I've got no idea if I can get to her safely.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33IMAM CALLS TO CROWD IN ARABIC
0:18:33 > 0:18:38'Up ahead of us, an eerie silence has descended on the crowd.'
0:18:46 > 0:18:49It's hard to see grown men sitting on the streets,
0:18:49 > 0:18:50facing the army, crying.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54They're basically, like, praying, and they're going to pray right now.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Allah hu Akbar.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- CROWD:- Allah hu Akbar.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Allah hu Akbar.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- CROWD:- Allah hu Akbar.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Allah hu Akbar.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20You cannot understand what it feels like
0:19:20 > 0:19:23to be standing here, right now, in no man's land
0:19:23 > 0:19:28in between the Egyptians and the army.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- VOICE BREAKS:- I didn't expect it to get to me like this.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- SHE SIGHS - Sorry. The...the...
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Hmm. I mean, as a Muslim, to stand here and see that.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44SHE SIGHS
0:19:44 > 0:19:48I can't tell you, my heart... a minute ago I wasn't breathing,
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I was shaking, and... Farah had to take me to the side,
0:19:51 > 0:19:55and just be like, "Calm down, calm down." It's my first time,
0:19:55 > 0:19:56I'm not used to this like her,
0:19:56 > 0:20:01and now we come here to this part and it's just peace, serenity.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Allah hu Akbar. - CROWD:- Allah hu Akbar.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08- Allah hu Akbar. - CROWD:- Allah hu Akbar.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- Allah hu Akbar. - CROWD:- Allah hu Akbar.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13WOMAN CHANTS
0:20:13 > 0:20:15CROWD RESPONDS
0:20:15 > 0:20:17WOMAN CHANTS
0:20:17 > 0:20:19CROWD RESPONDS
0:20:19 > 0:20:23CROWD JEERS ANGRILY
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- They won't do anything now...? - No, they can. They really can.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30It's a 50/50 chance, we don't know what's going to happen.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34'The protests look like they're descending into violence,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36'so we decide it's time to retreat.'
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- SIREN ECHOES - 'But it's just as bad ahead of us.'
0:20:51 > 0:20:54'There are injured people everywhere I look.'
0:20:57 > 0:20:59INJURED WOMAN WHIMPERS
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Where has she been? - FARAH TRANSLATES
0:21:02 > 0:21:04INJURED WOMAN MOANS
0:21:04 > 0:21:09- She was electrocuted. - They shocked her?!
0:21:09 > 0:21:12What's happening? What was that? She looked...
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I can't even tell you. No way, that's...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17'Then I spot a familiar face.'
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- What's going on, what happened? - Arrested, arrested.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Why did they arrest you, what did they do?
0:21:40 > 0:21:45'Ghadah's the protester I met during the food poisoning incident.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47'I have to make sure she's OK.'
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Oh...
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I saw her a couple of days ago,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and she was saying she was willing to die,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01that she was never going to move from here.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03GHADAH MOANS
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13She's... She was so strong, you know.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16I don't know why they would do that to a woman.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18What would a woman do...? LOUD CHANTING
0:22:18 > 0:22:23The ultras are coming. Ultras are the people who cheer for football.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- So they're the heavy-handed protesters?- Yeah.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29They're coming now and we don't know what's going to happen.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32That just adds a whole new level of danger to the whole thing.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35CROWD CHANTS AGGRESSIVELY
0:22:38 > 0:22:40SCAF, SCAF!
0:22:42 > 0:22:45'I'm trying to find a way out through the crowd
0:22:45 > 0:22:48'but I find myself getting nearer the heart of the protest.'
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I mean, this is it, this is the front line.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's an insane, electric feeling,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57just to be standing here in the middle of...
0:22:57 > 0:23:01In the middle of a revolution. I mean, this is what it is.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05You're caught in the moment, there's so many emotions that come to you.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10You feel fear and anger and passion, and then excitement,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12you just want to kick some butt.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17'A couple of rocks are thrown.
0:23:17 > 0:23:22'Within seconds, the situation changes.'
0:23:25 > 0:23:27'The military surge forward.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30'Everyone runs, but we're trapped up against the wall.'
0:23:32 > 0:23:35'Other people are filming the brutality around us.'
0:23:35 > 0:23:38They're beating journalists. They're beating them.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43'Now I realise the danger we're in. We need to get out, now.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:47'But the military have spotted our camera and they're after us.'
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Give it to Anis, give it to Anis!
0:23:49 > 0:23:52'They force us to hand it over.'
0:23:52 > 0:23:55No, we need that! No!
0:23:55 > 0:23:58He hit me in the back with a fucking stick.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00'Our camera is now in the hands of the military,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04'but it's still recording my voice as I try to run away.'
0:24:04 > 0:24:07No, we need that! No!
0:24:07 > 0:24:09'And other people are still filming.'
0:24:12 > 0:24:13- Let's go.- Just listen.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16They're throwing rocks. Where are we going to go?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19'Even without our camera, the danger is not over.'
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Cover your heads! Cover your heads! - NEL SQUEALS
0:24:23 > 0:24:27'We're trying to get to safety, but the army are not finished with us.'
0:24:27 > 0:24:29There's no camera!
0:24:29 > 0:24:33We need our camera. Thank you, thank you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36'To our amazement, our camera gets handed back to us...'
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Check the cards, check your cards.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39'..and it's still recording.'
0:24:39 > 0:24:41SIREN WAILS
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC - I've just got into a taxi.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47That's my translator who's frantically trying to find
0:24:47 > 0:24:51everyone who was on the team with us, we've lost a few guys in the middle of that crowd.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56It took two rocks to be chucked on the...
0:24:56 > 0:24:59army, soldier, police for them to attack,
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I mean, with brutal, brutal force,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I got hit in the back with this massive stick,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06people around me were getting beaten,
0:25:06 > 0:25:08a guy in front of me, a journalist with a camera,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11got his camera taken off and he was beaten, beaten, beaten.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16I feel like an idiot, cos two seconds ago I'm saying things like,
0:25:16 > 0:25:20"Oh, this is so exciting, this is so fun!"
0:25:20 > 0:25:22And it took a split second,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26it took a split second for the whole thing to change...
0:25:28 > 0:25:31..and to be actually scared, of my life.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41'I may have got out safely, but the clashes are continuing.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43'If anything it's getting worse.'
0:25:47 > 0:25:51'Thankfully, Farah and Alaa have also made it to safety.'
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I thought we could, but we can't see anything in Tahrir Square.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58I thought we could see the road that we were just on.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01We had riots last year in London, OK?
0:26:01 > 0:26:05The police are not allowed to touch a single rioter.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06Why are you laughing?
0:26:06 > 0:26:10I'm laughing because I can't imagine that's true. I don't know!
0:26:10 > 0:26:13It's really far from the reality here.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16We thought that the corruption has stopped, that the...
0:26:16 > 0:26:19But the same violence continues and nothing happened, really.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22What shocked us is that the same violence, the same way,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26the same protocols - they haven't learnt anything
0:26:26 > 0:26:31from the revolution, so that's why the revolution has not finished yet.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34'Looking through my own footage later,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37'I find concrete evidence of how far the army are prepared to go
0:26:37 > 0:26:39'to stop the protesters.'
0:26:40 > 0:26:45That's a gun. That's a GUN. He's filmed himself carrying a gun.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Considering that they spent the whole time telling the world
0:26:48 > 0:26:53"We never use guns, we never use live ammunition," you filmed yourself doing it, friend.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57What's this? I heard it and I saw it and it's here.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00How're you going to get out of this one, mate?
0:27:06 > 0:27:09By morning, there are 10 people dead.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17When I return to the mosque where I first met Farah and Alaa,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19it's a very different place.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21- RAISED VOICES - Wow.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24It is like an actual hospital in here.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28'Injured people are still being brought in.'
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Oh, my God. They're just kids.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39'Outside, I learn about more abuses the army have committed.'
0:27:39 > 0:27:42They're taking her clothes off. That's outrageous.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Why are they taking her clothes off?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52That's... She's a doctor?
0:27:52 > 0:27:55They ripped her clothes off and started kicking her in the stomach.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57That's just... Oh, my God.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02The clashes continue for five days.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07By the end of it, at least 13 people are dead and 600 injured.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11The Egyptian military later apologise for their brutal treatment of women,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14but accuse the protesters of stirring up unrest.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22It's given me a completely different opinion of what a protester is.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25A protester isn't, you know,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28this person with a placard and a little tent.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32These are people who are willing to give their lives
0:28:32 > 0:28:35for what they believe in. That is hard for anyone,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39ANYONE who's not been in that situation to understand,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42unless you're there, and I saw it with my own eyes.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47In Egypt, things are far from perfect
0:28:47 > 0:28:51and people are still dying, but you can't ignore what they've achieved.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53They've got rid of a ruthless dictator
0:28:53 > 0:28:56and elections are taking place.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Now I'm on my way to the Gulf State of Bahrain,
0:29:03 > 0:29:07where I've heard the protests were just as bloody.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10In fact, more people were killed there than Egypt,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12relative to the size of population
0:29:14 > 0:29:17But there was no revolution, and I want to find out why.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25'Bahrain is a small island off the coast of Saudi Arabia,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28'nearly the same size as the Isle of Man.'
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Bahrain could not be more different to Cairo and Egypt.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38The buildings are tall and they look really, really modern.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43I can't even believe how different it is and how quiet.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47Like most of the Gulf, Bahrain is a wealthy country,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51rich from oil, and a haven for offshore banking.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55On average, the people here are four times richer than Egyptians.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57'It's also a tourist paradise.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00'Like us, it has a royal family,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03'but unlike us, their royal family run the country.'
0:30:04 > 0:30:09'Looking around, it's not immediately clear why anyone would want to protest here,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12'but I'm going to find out from Nada Dhaif.'
0:30:12 > 0:30:14That's her car.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Hi! Hi, is this Lady In Red? - NEL LAUGHS
0:30:19 > 0:30:21You have a lovely car.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Who are the dudes in these pictures?
0:30:30 > 0:30:32The Crown Prince, the King and the Prime Minister.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34But they're everywhere.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39Their pictures are EVERYWHERE. Has it always been like this?
0:30:39 > 0:30:43Yes, it's always been like this, but it's getting worse.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47- Who controls the army?- The Minister of Defence, which is their cousin.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52So the cousin controls the army, the son oversees the army,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55the uncle is the Prime Minister, and the dad is the King.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01- You can ask about the media, as well. - I'm going to guess... It's a cousin?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- NADA CHEERS - Am I right?
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Do you know the Prime Minister has been standing for 42 years?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Is he popular?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12NEL LAUGHS Why do you think people protest?
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- We're very close to the Pearl Roundabout.- What happened there?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Back in February 14th, people gathered here by thousands and thousands.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- More than half a million. - That's half the country.
0:31:26 > 0:31:27That's half the country out
0:31:27 > 0:31:30calling for reforms and calling for democracy.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35Nada was there, too, helping out in the medical tent.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I want to know more, but we've arrived at her home.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40She's married to a wealthy property developer
0:31:40 > 0:31:44and lives on one of Bahrain's most sought-after islands.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Her two daughters are waiting for me.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Nice to meet you. What's your name? - Lulwa.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- Lulwa, hi. And what's your name? - Alya.- Alya, hi.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59So, tell me, do you know what's been happening in Bahrain recently?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- What did Mummy do? - If I say that, I will go to jail.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- Why will you go to jail? - Why will you go to jail?
0:32:07 > 0:32:09OK, first, my mum was a dentist,
0:32:09 > 0:32:16she went on TV and she was helping people over there at the Roundabout.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20People died... I mean, were killed.
0:32:20 > 0:32:26My auntie came home and she said that my mama,
0:32:26 > 0:32:32she is going to stay in Finland for a very long time.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Every time I talked to my mother on the phone, I was crying.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Oh, honey! So if you could change something about Bahrain,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44what would you change?
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I would change the government and I would change...
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- ..everything! - But not me.
0:32:53 > 0:32:58Please, not me. I love my life! I love it!
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Do you want to sing her a Christmas song in French?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- BOTH:- Nooo! - Come on!
0:33:08 > 0:33:11You know that time they were talking about?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Hey.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- It was the time when I was arrested. - Why? What happened?
0:33:21 > 0:33:25They crushed the people, the protest at the Roundabout,
0:33:25 > 0:33:27they burned all the tents,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32and they started targeting everybody who helped the protesters.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34I was among the group of doctors
0:33:34 > 0:33:39who helped in setting up the medical tent at the Roundabout.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44In order to punish me for that, they came here in my house,
0:33:44 > 0:33:483:00am in the morning and they took me away
0:33:48 > 0:33:53to unknown location and I was there for almost 50 days.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57- Oh, my God! - I wasn't the one talking to my kids.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00That was a friend of mine...
0:34:00 > 0:34:03calling them via Skype every day, pretending she was me.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14Oh, my God! I had absolutely no idea.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23- Why are you crying?- Um, because something came into my eyes.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- What?- A, um... One of my eyelashes came in.
0:34:31 > 0:34:32What?
0:34:34 > 0:34:39- They don't know? - They thought I was in Finland,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43that's what their father and their auntie told them.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45I don't believe it.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49Everybody who showed up and tried to help
0:34:49 > 0:34:52and make change was punished badly.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00We were over 200 medical professionals who were arrested.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04What did they do to you when you were in there?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I don't know if you want to talk about it, but...
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Can I have some tea first?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Of course, you can have whatever you want.- Would you like some tea?
0:35:11 > 0:35:15I would love some tea. Please. That would be lovely. Oh, Jesus Christ.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21'I've asked Nada to start from the beginning.'
0:35:21 > 0:35:27So I'm going to show you now what the Pearl Roundabout looked like.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Wow, that is a lot of people.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- You were there from day one?- Yeah.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Oh, the first day I went with my heels and my bag,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40and I showed up, "Tic-tic-tic-tic,"
0:35:40 > 0:35:44but I found it really difficult to walk on the grass,
0:35:44 > 0:35:46so, OK, I decided, "OK, stuff that."
0:35:46 > 0:35:50So you were like the protest Arab Barbie...
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Yeah, they used to call me Barbie there.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56I'm not surprised, Nada. I'm not surprised at all.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00But really, I mean, it was amazing.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02SHOUTING AND CHANTING
0:36:04 > 0:36:05'You could see lots of kids
0:36:05 > 0:36:08'sitting and colouring the balloons with the flag of Bahrain.'
0:36:08 > 0:36:10A carnival for freedom.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14The protesters were calling for the royal family to give up power
0:36:14 > 0:36:16and allow free and fair elections,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and the Pearl Roundabout became a symbol of resistance.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23After three days of peaceful protest,
0:36:23 > 0:36:25the state ordered a brutal crackdown.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28'See, this is the army, what they're doing to people,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30'when they crush down.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35'This is the army.'
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- See how they're hitting the protestors...- Oh, my God.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43The protests continued for weeks, with an ever more brutal response.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47GUNFIRE They fired on them.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50This is actually in Bahrain.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52THEY SHOUT DEFIANTLY
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- See? See what they're doing to people?- Mm!
0:36:58 > 0:37:02This guy died, er, instantly.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Just shocking.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06The government said it was acting in self defence
0:37:06 > 0:37:09and had urged protesters to exercise self restraint.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13But more than 200 medics were arrested and 20 jailed,
0:37:13 > 0:37:17they say simply for helping to treat injured protesters.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Nada was one of them.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22The first 22 days, I was kept in solitary confinement.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26And severe torture took place.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29I was electrocuted and they threatened me with rape.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I can't believe that they would do this to you.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34And you know, just to get rid of the torture,
0:37:34 > 0:37:39I said, "Fine, I will sign on whatever you want, just let me go."
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I signed for it that I toppled the regime,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44and I was sentenced for 15 years.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4815 years in prison because you were there, helping people as a doctor?!
0:37:48 > 0:37:52I'm appealing in front of the civilian court now.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57- What do you expect to happen? - Nothing. Another circus.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02'I'm amazed at Nada's courage when she still faces 15 years in prison.'
0:38:02 > 0:38:06You have everything. Masha'Allah, you know, you have children,
0:38:06 > 0:38:09you have your husband, you have this...
0:38:09 > 0:38:11what I can only describe as a mansion,
0:38:11 > 0:38:14but still, you went out to the streets?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Because I'm not free.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19I'm not free.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22You are not allowed to be free to talk.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26'Nada has been released until a new trial
0:38:26 > 0:38:29'decides whether she goes back to jail.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33'Looking good in court is important to show she's not defeated.'
0:38:34 > 0:38:36These are your cupboards?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Some of them, yes. - These are SOME of your cupboards.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41That's the limited edition collection!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Oh, I got it from Paris. - What did you get?
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Shall I show it to you?- Yeah! Oh, this is sold out everywhere!
0:38:47 > 0:38:51(I'm in heaven!) Please adopt me!
0:38:51 > 0:38:55I thought you were supposed to be in jail. I thought you were supposed to be...
0:38:55 > 0:39:00Yes, this is kind of my rehabilitation technique.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05- Hello!- If you go to prison, what's going to happen to you? You're a fashionable woman.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09I have to tell you, I'll get Hermes to make me a uniform for me in prison.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Preferably orange. That's my favourite colour.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14And I got this suit for the court.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- Where's that?- Marc Jacobs.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Your bedroom is like heaven!
0:39:21 > 0:39:25If I go to jail, make sure Hermes gets that done for me.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I'm on it, no matter what.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30It's been good to laugh with Nada,
0:39:30 > 0:39:34but that doesn't mask the horror of what she's been through,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37with a prison sentence still hanging over her.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45The protests in February last year were so big
0:39:45 > 0:39:49that the Bahraini government asked for help from its closest neighbours.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I remember seeing pictures of troops pouring across the border.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59That's the crossway that links Bahrain over there, behind the mist,
0:39:59 > 0:40:03to Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Gulf states that way.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08And I suppose that's kind of what makes the stakes higher here.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14You know, it's as though if one Gulf state falls to protests and revolution,
0:40:14 > 0:40:16then the others might, as well,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19and that's a massive fear for this region
0:40:19 > 0:40:23It seems the intervention of the Gulf states did the trick.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26I've seen no protests on the streets of Manama.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31'But Nada's taking me outside the capital,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34'where she says I'll see a different picture.'
0:40:34 > 0:40:37I'm taking you to one of the villages.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39These are poor Shia villages
0:40:39 > 0:40:44and there's just a huge, severe discrimination going on.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- Against Shias?- Yes, against Shia citizens in Bahrain, yes.
0:40:48 > 0:40:55Our Shia citizens, they were denied from employment at the army,
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- at the ministry of the interior. - Seriously?- Yes.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- So this is to do with religion? - Mm-hm.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Like Nada, 70% of the people in Bahrain are Shia,
0:41:06 > 0:41:09but the king and most of the wealthy classes are Sunni.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Both are Muslim but they're different sects.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14The Shia claim they are discriminated against
0:41:14 > 0:41:17in jobs, housing and all aspects of life.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20And these Shia villages look much poorer
0:41:20 > 0:41:22than the Bahrain I've seen so far.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26What does the green say?
0:41:26 > 0:41:31Um... The graffiti says, "Down with the king," here.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33They're writing things against the government,
0:41:33 > 0:41:36the police come and erase it, put things against the Shia,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40and they go and erase it again and put something else.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45It's like a ping pong. Just wait till it's evening.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48It's after sunset where the rock'n'roll starts.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- Really?- Yeah.- What do they do here? Why are they...?
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- People go out protesting...- Here?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Yes, they are. Here, in the villages.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01The demonstration's still going on but it's not in central Manama,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05they have taken it back to their villages.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Walking around the village of Sitra, I discover that the protests
0:42:08 > 0:42:12have been going on here ever since they were crushed in Manama -
0:42:12 > 0:42:14with huge sacrifices.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19But the deaths and injuries haven't deterred protesters like Mohammad,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24who has invited me into his home. So what did the police do to you?
0:42:35 > 0:42:37What happened to you, to your eye?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- He shot you in the eye on purpose? - Yeah.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18- Because you're Shia?- Yeah.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Mohammed tells me Sitra is just one of many villages
0:43:31 > 0:43:33where protests are happening every day.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36And there are hundreds of people like him
0:43:36 > 0:43:38prepared to risk their lives.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42I can't imagine what it's like to be them, to live that every day.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45HORNS HONK
0:43:45 > 0:43:49I can hear the noises already and I think the protest is starting.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53I want to see for myself what happens after nightfall,
0:43:53 > 0:43:55so I'm sticking around.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Wow, what, are you in your riot outfit?
0:43:58 > 0:43:59Did someone style you for the event?
0:43:59 > 0:44:01'I've asked Nada to join me.'
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- I have some presents for you. Are you ready?- Yeah.- OK.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08- There you go. Tadaa! - Tear gas! Oh, gosh!
0:44:08 > 0:44:09I don't know how to open this.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13'I've been told the police are quite free with their use of tear gas,
0:44:13 > 0:44:15'so we're preparing for the worst.'
0:44:15 > 0:44:17- I can't breathe.- Argh!
0:44:17 > 0:44:20Can't you get more stylish stuff than this?
0:44:20 > 0:44:22I'm really sorry. This is all they had, I'm afraid.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28There's a lot of police. What's that?
0:44:28 > 0:44:32Two, four, six, eight, ten...12?
0:44:32 > 0:44:36- About a dozen.- Yeah. - You know what? I'm quite nervous.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40I'm nervous, too, but I have to see this, I have to know...
0:44:40 > 0:44:44what it is that people, are being treated like, you know?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Are you ready for so much adrenaline?
0:44:47 > 0:44:50'We've been told to park well away from the protest...'
0:44:50 > 0:44:52- Are you OK?- I'm good, yeah.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55'..and make our way there on foot.'
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- Hi.- Welcome to Sitra.- Thank you.
0:44:58 > 0:45:02- PROTESTERS START SHOUTING - You're going to go?- Yes.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- You're going to go to the protest? - Yes, of course.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07- Do you come every night? - Yes.- Every night?
0:45:07 > 0:45:09THE PROTESTERS CHANT IN ARABIC
0:45:11 > 0:45:13My legs are shaking a little bit now, I think,
0:45:13 > 0:45:19- cos I know that something's coming. - Actually, I feel more alive!
0:45:20 > 0:45:24- We're back to the Pearl Roundabout days.- I know.- I'm so excited!
0:45:26 > 0:45:30'As we walk, the crowd of protesters gets bigger and bigger.'
0:45:30 > 0:45:32Look, they're joining.
0:45:32 > 0:45:36They are, look, they're all coming. Oh, my God, that's so weird.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38- I think...- They're all joining!
0:45:38 > 0:45:41THE PROTESTERS CHANT IN ARABIC
0:45:43 > 0:45:47The whole town is either in this march or watching this march.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49The whole town is out.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53THE CHANTS CONTINUE
0:45:54 > 0:45:56'When we reach the main street,
0:45:56 > 0:46:00'I see the police lined up, waiting to confront the protesters.'
0:46:00 > 0:46:03They're so brave, they're just going in the line of fire -
0:46:03 > 0:46:05they're going to get shot!
0:46:11 > 0:46:13GUNFIRE
0:46:13 > 0:46:17You have to move, you have to move, you have to move.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20'It's no longer safe on the streets,
0:46:20 > 0:46:23'and it's a scramble to find a place to hide.
0:46:23 > 0:46:26'We're taken into one of the villagers' homes.'
0:46:26 > 0:46:29I can hear them. They're there, they're shooting tear gas.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32There's loads, there's loads! It's like a thick fog.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35Put your mask on and put your goggles...
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- NEL GASPS - I saw that!- Shh!
0:46:39 > 0:46:43There's tear gas, right there. It's all flowing this way.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46It feels like burning, as though you're getting singed in the nose and throat
0:46:46 > 0:46:49- and I haven't even got a... - SHE COUGHS
0:46:49 > 0:46:51It's not properly coming this way.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53The police are over there, in that corner,
0:46:53 > 0:46:57and they're shooting it constantly this way, towards the protesters.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59GUNFIRE
0:46:59 > 0:47:02If this was England and they were shooting tear gas like that into crowds,
0:47:02 > 0:47:07tomorrow's newspapers would be having a field day.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10Is this going to be in tomorrow's... Is it going to be a massive deal?
0:47:10 > 0:47:12They will not mention anything about this.
0:47:12 > 0:47:15'The police are getting very close,
0:47:15 > 0:47:17'and they almost spot us.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20'They fire some tear gas our way.'
0:47:20 > 0:47:24- COUGHING - It's like... Argh! Get the lights on!
0:47:25 > 0:47:28'All the talk of tear gas hasn't prepared me
0:47:28 > 0:47:31'for how painful it really is.'
0:47:31 > 0:47:33More fizzy drinks on your face.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37No, that doesn't help.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39It's OK, it's OK, but don't touch your face.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41'It's not safe on the roof any more,
0:47:41 > 0:47:46- 'and I'm led, half-blind, to a room at the back of the house. - SHE SPITS
0:47:46 > 0:47:50- When does it stop?- It takes some time.- How long will it take?
0:47:51 > 0:47:54'We're not the only ones hiding out.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56'A 15-year-old protester is also here.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59'She's too scared to reveal her identity.'
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- How come you're not wearing a mask? - It's fine.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04- You're used to this?- Yes.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07And you go out every night like this?
0:48:07 > 0:48:09How do you go out every night like this?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11Because we want our tomorrow,
0:48:11 > 0:48:14we want to build our tomorrow by ourself.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17It's already built wrong.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Do your parents mind you coming out on the streets?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22No, they never mind.
0:48:22 > 0:48:24And what if you die on the streets?
0:48:24 > 0:48:28They are going to be glad for that. Er...
0:48:28 > 0:48:35My mother... My mother and father will have congratulation for that.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37You're 15 years old, you're a child.
0:48:37 > 0:48:43They are killing children, they attack women... They have no rules.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47If it's for my country, yes, I'm ready to die.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54The Bahraini government has called village protests like this one
0:48:54 > 0:48:56"a threat to civil peace",
0:48:56 > 0:49:01even though the only weapon I saw was the tear gas shot at us.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03These protests happen nearly every day,
0:49:03 > 0:49:06and I'm amazed I've heard so little about them.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11Even more so when I discover that the most powerful navy in the world
0:49:11 > 0:49:13is parked right on the doorstep.
0:49:13 > 0:49:17Here, we have the American base right behind me,
0:49:17 > 0:49:21so you can see the importance of Bahrain to the Americans.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24If they're here. they can help the protesters...
0:49:24 > 0:49:28Well, I'm sorry to say that all this crap about human rights
0:49:28 > 0:49:32does not work with them. It's their interests first.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34Bahrain has a very strategic location.
0:49:34 > 0:49:39You have the big two jumbo neighbours that is Iran and Saudi Arabia,
0:49:39 > 0:49:43so Americans are here, you know, just to balance things.
0:49:43 > 0:49:47Plus, it provides the fuel all over the world.
0:49:47 > 0:49:51Bahrain holds the pipelines for the oil and they must secure that.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54I mean, they ARE a different country,
0:49:54 > 0:49:59- and I understand that they're here, but is it their responsibility? - We have the American Navy,
0:49:59 > 0:50:02we have the most powerful people in the world,
0:50:02 > 0:50:05those who can make difference, those who can make change,
0:50:05 > 0:50:11and not to talk about this, not to interfere at this is a crime.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16When I came to Bahrain, I thought protests had been crushed
0:50:16 > 0:50:19and their uprising was over.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22But I've found that revolution is very much alive here,
0:50:22 > 0:50:24we just don't hear about it.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29It's basically been silenced.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37While the protesters in Bahrain are still fighting for freedom,
0:50:37 > 0:50:40in Egypt, elections are taking place for a new government,
0:50:40 > 0:50:43which most Egyptians hope will bring in the changes
0:50:43 > 0:50:46they fought for in the revolution.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49These are the first free elections for 50 years.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52It's one of the major victories of the Arab Spring.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56The protesters who are still in Tahrir Square are not convinced.
0:50:56 > 0:51:01They don't believe the military will hand over power after the elections.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03But most people are happy to wait
0:51:03 > 0:51:06and see what democratic elections will offer.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12I'm on my way to a polling station just outside Cairo.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14This is an important moment for Egyptians,
0:51:14 > 0:51:18and, so far, the turnout has been high.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Wow, that's a long queue.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22'There are dozens of candidates running here,
0:51:22 > 0:51:25'but most people seem to be voting for one party.'
0:51:25 > 0:51:28Do you mind telling me who you are going to vote for,
0:51:28 > 0:51:30or which party you support?
0:51:36 > 0:51:40Do you think everybody here is going to vote similar to you?
0:51:40 > 0:51:43- Everyone? Everyone?- Sure, sure.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45The Freedom and Justice Party was formed
0:51:45 > 0:51:48and is led by the Muslim Brotherhood.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50They were banned during the Mubarak era,
0:51:50 > 0:51:53but went underground and remained popular.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56'I want to talk to some women,
0:51:56 > 0:51:59'but they're in a separate queue a few streets away.'
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Can you just tell me what you're doing here?
0:52:06 > 0:52:08A MAN SHOUTS
0:52:08 > 0:52:10'Our conversation is cut short.'
0:52:18 > 0:52:21This guy's having a heart attack cos we're filming with the women.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24So, it's... It's just very loud.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26He won't let me talk to anyone, any of the girls.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32The Muslim Brotherhood help out in poor areas like this,
0:52:32 > 0:52:35and it makes them popular across the country.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37For decades, they've been a force in Egypt.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40Since the revolution, none of the non-Islamic parties
0:52:40 > 0:52:44have managed to establish themselves well enough to challenge them.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47So protesters like Maggie have been left with no-one to vote for.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50- Oh, hello!- Hi.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54This Muslim Brotherhood party seem to have success, is that true?
0:52:54 > 0:53:01Yeah. Unfortunately because Muslim Brotherhood, they are a majority
0:53:01 > 0:53:07and they are a really very organised party, they have money,
0:53:07 > 0:53:10and they are speaking the religion language,
0:53:10 > 0:53:13which is always the winning card in this country.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15- They're just selling an idea?- Yeah.
0:53:15 > 0:53:20The Muslim Brotherhoods are just doing the same thing that the old regime used to do -
0:53:20 > 0:53:25using poor people, illiterate ones, for their own purpose.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29They are spreading food and spreading clothes to these people
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- just to win chairs in the parliament.- Really?
0:53:32 > 0:53:39Yeah, and that's why I decided to boycott these elections.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40I didn't vote.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45'The poor people may vote for the Muslim Brotherhood
0:53:45 > 0:53:48'because they help them, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.'
0:53:48 > 0:53:51Oh, man, it's so lovely!
0:53:51 > 0:53:55'My friends from the protest, Farah and Alaa, are supporters.
0:53:55 > 0:53:57'With the elections over,
0:53:57 > 0:54:00'their party has won almost half the seats in Parliament.'
0:54:00 > 0:54:04There's so many mosques here. There's like... Ahh.
0:54:04 > 0:54:08'I want to know what kind of society Egypt will be under their rule.'
0:54:08 > 0:54:12The Muslim Brotherhood are a very moderate Islamic Party,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16so they can implement the true Sharia that I want..
0:54:16 > 0:54:18What's the true Sharia? I mean, I've got no clue.
0:54:18 > 0:54:22All I'm thinking in my head is chopping people's hands off
0:54:22 > 0:54:25and banning alcohol, do you know what I mean? That's what you think.
0:54:25 > 0:54:30Sharia is about, er, a social justice and equality
0:54:30 > 0:54:35and giving people what they need, before you can think of punishment.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39And I think that... that if someone has food and shelter,
0:54:39 > 0:54:42and he's safe, why would he do something wrong?
0:54:44 > 0:54:47I'm noticing, right, there's couples here, isn't there?
0:54:47 > 0:54:52There's loads of little girlfriend-boyfriends walking around, holding hands.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56If Sharia was implemented, where would they go? Would they be allowed to come here?
0:54:56 > 0:55:00They'd be allowed to come here and they'd sit in the same place.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04It's their own decision, it's their own choice.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06They are free, they're not harming anyone.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Whether you agree with the Muslim Brotherhood or not,
0:55:13 > 0:55:16the Egyptian people have exercised their right to democracy.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20That's what they fought for and what Bahrainis are still fighting for.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24I'm not free. You're not allowed to be free to talk.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28But I've learned that revolution isn't straightforward.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32The people I've met are still fighting to get what they want.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35I will die here. I will die here. It's freedom.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38Freedom, it's a hard thing to get,
0:55:38 > 0:55:41but if you really want something, you have to fight for it.
0:55:41 > 0:55:47And what I've seen is people's determination. People's will changes things.
0:55:47 > 0:55:52If people stand together long enough, they can topple governments.
0:55:52 > 0:55:57When a good regime will rule us, we will really reach justice,
0:55:57 > 0:55:59we will reach everything we want.
0:55:59 > 0:56:04Maggie, you're shaping the future of your country.
0:56:04 > 0:56:11We are writing the future of our country, and it's really amazing.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14I can stand now and say I'm Egyptian and proud.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19It's an amazing feeling!
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Next week, Libya and Syria.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30I've never been around when they're celebrating with live gunfire!
0:56:30 > 0:56:33We're being killed, we're being slaughtered.
0:56:33 > 0:56:34EXPLOSION
0:56:34 > 0:56:37Oh, my God, Entire walls have been knocked down
0:56:37 > 0:56:40with the sheer force of bullets that have gone through them.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46- Do you feel bad for the people you killed?- No, they had it coming.
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