Witness History Episodes Available now
Iraq's pioneering feminist
Dr Naziha Al-Dulaimi was the first woman to hold a ministerial office in the Arab world
How Ethiopian rebels took power in 1991
In 1991 a Tigrayan-led rebel movement took power in Addis Ababa ending years of war
The fight for disabled rights in the UK
The wheelchair warriors who brought London to a standstill to make their point
Rwanda at the Paralympics
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians
India's campaign for disability rights
How activists forced through the first law to help tens of millions of disabled Indians
Britain's little blue disability car
For decades disabled people in the UK were offered tiny, three-wheeled cars for transport
Helen Keller
The deaf and blind American writer who became famous around the world
When the Egyptian president went to Israel
Why Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to visit Israel in November 1977
Our Bodies, Ourselves
The story of a radical book about women’s health and sexuality.
America's WW2 refugee camp
How nearly a thousand Jewish refugees were housed in an old fort near New York during WW2
