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26 Feb 2017

Oscars night – the story of Hala Kamil

Europe Editor and Presenter

The red carpet is unrolled, the gold statues have been polished and the stars are heading to tonight’s Oscar ceremony in Hollywood. And with them – the unlikely figure of Hala Kamil, a Syrian refugee who escaped her war-torn country to find sanctuary in Germany. Her story has been told in the Oscar nominated documentary Watani: My Homeland, made by one of this programme’s regular filmmakers Marcel Mettelsiefen along with ITN productions. Despite fears she might get trapped by President Trump’s temporary travel ban on refugees – Hala managed to reach Los Angeles.

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