Freedom media: Witness, Al Jazeera broadcast

Rageh Omaar presents Witness, a half-hour daily documentary series on Al Jazeera network which features short, specially commissioned or acquired films gathered from independent film-makers.

Each documentary reveals the unknown lives of ordinary people, following their lives, telling their stories and portraying the challenges that confront them.

The witnesses are people in a situation or those who have observed them first hand. Jo head will be making a film for Witness about Gautam’s travel back to Kolkata where he will be taking photographs for an exhibition to coincide with World Polio Day ; Oct 24th 2008.

The films cover conflict, belief, the past and the future and as well as bringing new stories to light they showcase the talents of a new breed of multi-skilled, frontline journalist.

In the studio, Rageh will further explore the issues raised in the films, with expert guests on the subject matter and with Gautam Lewis.

Before joining the Witness team at Al Jazeera English, Rageh Omaar worked for the BBC as Developing World Correspondent and most recently as Africa Correspondent.

Rageh has covered stories ranging from drought in Ethiopia to devastating floods in Mozambique.

His reports during the 2003 Iraq war made him a household name.

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