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Dateline gains rare access to Syria for Sunday's special program looking at both sides of the uprising under way against the Assad government; Meet Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila, which is using music to tackle conservative attitudes and social taboos in the Middle East and, Dateline has four nominations in this year's Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism for video journalists Yaara Bou Melhem, Fouad Hady and Aaron Lewis.SYRIA'S UPRISINGFew outsiders have been allowed access to Syria to see first-hand the rebellion currently under way against the Assad Government. But this Sunday, Mark Davis will present a special edition of Dateline from Damascus with a rare look at both sides of the uprising. After the deaths of an estimated 3,000 protesters and troops in violent clashes, we'll have a report from within Syria and response from a top government official answering critics of the regime.ROCKING THE MIDDLE EASTThe demands for freedom have been taking many forms in the Middle East this year. And Beirut-based band Mashrou' Leila is using music to tackle Lebanon's conservative attitudes and social taboos. The lead singer is openly gay and with songs are about sex, civil war and religion, the band is using uncompromising language to get its message across. Yaara Bou Melhem follows them as they perform in Lebanon and Jordan, and speaks to them about their growing group of followers. They tell her that their music isn't welcome everywhere, but once again the internet and social media has become a crucial way of reaching a wider audience.WALKLEY AWARD FINALISTSDateline video journalist Yaara Bou Melhem has won this year's Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award. Yaara received the overall award after also winning in the television category for February's story from Syria, Freedom's Call, which looked at the people's democracy movement and the government's hardline stance against discontent. The judges were impressed by Yaara's courage, resourcefulness, storytelling and technical expertise... "Yaara took significant personal risks by venturing into Syria and her work has shone a light on the lengths to which the Syrian Government would go to silence its critics," the judges said. Yaara also previously won the TV award in 2009 for her Dateline report, Jordan - Jailing the Innocent, about women imprisoned under the guise of keeping them safe. She was also nominated for her work on SBS's Living Black in 2010.Dateline has won the television category every year since the awards started in 2008, with video journalist Sophie McNeill winning in 2008 and 2010. Sophie also took the overall Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2008 |
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Broadcast 2011-10-23 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Civil war.
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Mass casualties.
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Political violence -- Public opinion.
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Socialism -- Songs and music.
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Lebanon.
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Syria.
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Streaming video
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Amara, Sofia, reporter
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Arnous, Ahmad, contributor
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Davis, Mark, host
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Mansour, Rani, contributor
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Melhem, Yaara Bou, reporter
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Papaziani, Haig, contributor
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Sinno, Hamed, contributor
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Strobl, Victoria, reporter
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