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Nov 2017
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BBC Journalist Shaimaa Khalil talks to Fi and Jane about the appeal – and danger - of being a foreign correspondent and the pressures it puts on her family. Plus Jane and Fi’s local radio days, and there’s a new health supplement to be tried out.

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