Saleyha Ahsan
Saleyha Ahsan is an award winning filmmaker, freelance journalist and practicing medical doctor based in the UK. She began her reporting career with the BBC, making a radio documentary from the inside of a Mujahideen training camp in Kashmir, days after 9/11. She has pursued stories from conflict zones ever since but also focuses on issues related to civil liberties. Prior to medicine and the media Saleyha was a captain in the British Army and served in Bosnia with SFOR.
Love and the Libyan Revolution
"Marriage for a Libyan woman is an essential part of taking control of her life." But these days, in the aftermath of the revolution that killed 30,000 men, it's not that easy to find an eligible mate. The first in a Latitude News series on international love and marriage ...
Taking on Libya’s gun culture
The story of how one Libyan businessman and doctor put together an initiative to shame people into giving up their guns. ...
The guns of war make peace uneasy in Libya
Freedom from Gaddafi has also meant freedom to bear arms, including portable surface-to-air missiles. As the Libya's fledgling government tries to get militias to turn in their weapons, ordinary Libyans are worried. Some have opted not to return to the country. ...
On the medical front line of Libya’s uprising – Dr. Emad
A profile of the chief doctor for the war wounded in a desert hospital
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On the medical frontline of Libya’s uprising – day one
Saleyha Ahsan, a doctor and an award winning journalist has been working as a medical volunteer with Libya’s war wounded. ...
