as well then progress as tough calls to everyone who wants to know more about this topic. that concerned about this story is beyond the headline world in progress. the w. postcard the hello and welcome to this special edition of focus on era. we're bringing you some of our favorite stories of the year from the people who inspired us and even perhaps change our view of the world. women in afghanistan hardly have any rights and are practically excluded from society. for them, life has become increasingly difficult. since the hard line is list,

highly bon took back over the country in 2021. many are trying to escape. zora is one of those who already managed together with her entire music school. she slipped into exile now she lives in northern porterville, in the city of braga, where she continues to make music something the strictly forbidden in her native country. the home sick for afghanistan, played by an orchestra whose members were driven from their homeland. the young musicians are seeking a future in europe. the breakfast time in braga and northern portugal cousins or and for rita, had been living here with their uncle, since they split up down to stand and 2021. for the 14 year olds, it's important to stand up to the taliban spin on music even from here in far away,

portable thing, music is about to cry. and it's like, i think language of the feeling is they tell them things, music. i think it's very important to play music i. that's why the person that who's very lucky that others gale that they've got assessed and i can be the voice of a guided else despite their freedom in portugal, they both missed home on the way to rehearsal. they sing a song in their native language, presto, and the music steam. other students are tuning up. it's a major rehearsal for their upcoming european concert tour. portuguese conductor to ya, the sofa is impressed by his students. let's go to bar 63. specific that is started audio did all the daughter. oh, okay. the rails, we have to fight to go to music school in the country and it's very different for

us here. so i'm learning from them to respect to music more for them. it's a true at the freedom, whereas we take music for granted himself. the director of the app going music school was on holiday and australia when the taliban seized power. from there he arranged for his students to flee to portugal. there was no future for the school under the taliban regime is what i'm asking for money by the me that this is why did the banding music? i said there's nothing against music in the so it's fee of the music can send very important messages to fall, fuck quoted out of 5 dentist and music and a cease the people of afghanistan with a nation that uprising against that thought about the weight of the public music with their own seen. yes. which prize bombing we asked tele, been representative to comment on this, but our interview requests, when i'm answered after the rehearsal,

zora shows us pictures of afghanistan. oh, this is the the place. so i missed this. no, ever. my family and sometimes i cries at night, no one knows. no i don't like life to access my code. he said, yes. that's a lot for a 14 year old to shoulder a little later. so as mother calls, she's still in the ask and capital kabul. hello. hello, hello ma'am. how are you today? good. how are you? there was mother speaks of daily life in afghanistan. we're now even 5 year old girls are ordered to cover themselves completely. the we were

afraid that everything's going to get even strict no sign due to still making music. then we'll have to leave the country quickly. zoo and for read a vividly remember the day they slid, i've danced in their uncle to him that all and his cellphone the all the other music students last are the last ones we were a big effect in the past. i only had some videos of our the choir ended tv shows . yes, yes, the orchestra has performed it been used in several european countries, such as here at the prestigious victoria hall in geneva,

switzerland. the duplex sunset the testes of practice that come with vision from out of the country which is posed in that science. it's also about this celebration of the victim of the asking people that this updates would be good. and that's the message you can hear in their music. the for an italian taylor addressing the highest authority of the catholic church, is undoubtedly a profound honor. pope francis, along with numerous other church dignitaries, choose us to work with designer and multi talented filippo sort of to natalie. from though the designer is gay, adorned with to, to was an extremely trendy. and even though he doesn't necessarily fit the conventional image of the vatican,

he managers to hold the crucial position in creating the investments with the catholic church. saint peters basilica, filippo search and natalie makes clothing for some of the most important religious figures in the world. his soul chas. tables and head gear for bishops are in high demand throughout the vatican, with orders coming in from cardinals, bishops, and even popes. pacific pacific us the are even on the go to is a made by the office for the trogie cool celebrations of the supreme punches united . when an order arrives, i start to work on the design, you know, then i make it the suggestions to the people. stuff of it before they make the choice slideshow photographs use us, but i don't want to leave those stories in rome right on the border of the vatican city. it's not a fashion boutique. so mass garments are not fashion, he says,

but rather garments for eternity. it looks dealer the tree of life style is inspired by the early days at the church, but it is uh, inquiry chuck when it was the symbol that counts as a temp job to do it. and not so much the ornamentation symbol in on the corner seat . just creations are produced in santa condra. lo, not far from rimini. searching natalie usually uses silk or rolls his teams and embellishes the pieces with religious embroidery all by hand. what steps is work? a part is this my new attention to detail, the doctors, the fact the flux to see data view, we are working on the final details of a chest. people for an important customer already came in. this central pod is originally employed at the mazda c complaint. and we also want to maintain the entire edge in the same style. quad chain through the label has made around 20

garments for po frances and more than 50 for the late po benedict, the 16th. including this miter, i am the one benedict war lying and stated st. peter's basilica. see that the problem is to see a student in the got into post benedict style. was based on the origins of the church and then there's bunch edition already there. so that's a picture like francis's style is not much different. yeah. and mean it's a little simpler and little light to and perhaps a little less bold than put benedicts was for them to lead. those spins up to a 1000 hours of work on some of his roads. prices go from $1.00 to $7000.00 euros. searching natalie offers a range of different products to which aren't intended for cardinals. right next door, his other store sells cologne's with names like to a sped throughs,

cyber 6 or cruising area intended for rose gate community. the catholic customers next door don't seem to mind. like you said, it wouldn't be as a church should be welcoming like that shouldn't shy away from anything and be open to all aspects of our society to face everything without fear. because that is also a part of the christian message to his faith and sexual orientation. or not in contradiction. on the contrary, kind of john caravaggio, michelangelo lee, and other davinci, and many other artists have shown us that the creation of beauty over comes old. so the church does not pass. judgment is a bus that we belong to the kids on of course. and so in his pursuit of beauty and fine art, filippo has found a way to reaffirm his face. let me now introduce you to an

ancient tradition from the patriarchal villages of albania, one that most europeans have also not heard of. it's about women, turn it into men, which might sound like engender change. but for women like justine agree, shot, it's actually the only possible way to become the head of the family. something that women in patriarchal and conservative will of being yeah. otherwise not entitled to. these women are called burn dishes, or sworn virgins with adults most probably the last of them in lit. pusher and the mouth soft northern i'll be full, but the phone booth brush. it's hot. well, but i'm a woman, but i'm not strong like a manual quote and i'm like, so what you bought, i did when i was younger by next month, and i still do it today. ever quote you, i'm send meredith as i buy it with us. justina is one of, i'll be

a so called sworn versions. what bernisha since the middle ages ancient customary law, as soon as the condition of allowed women to live as men with the same rights and duties, often as a last resort to ensure a family survival. as the only man were able to inherit. i can afford, well, well my, when my father got sick and dying to night, this we decided that i would help my mother raise the children. justina took a vow of chastity and was then considered a man. she became known as mooney, the new head of a family. yes. well, there are plenty of women who are unmarried, but no, definitely. she has also had 270 shows were put on the good old traditions, mine like manliness and hospitality. and on to devote yourself exclusively to your family, castilian wisdom sort of fun. you'll probably talk either or devoted. she is justina has provided for her brothers and sisters for many years now. they are thankful and

fully accept her as head of the family because that's the question using mind the respective and has a negative influence intervention that yours is or she is what people on disputed. oh sar. tnf family too. and for me, even now, i'm 47 years old. i don't contradict each of them. you can find the 2nd part he's only known as do need to the outside world. she and her family user female name. the role of furniture has nothing to do with sexual orientation, is a purely social function. as a bonus, yet a woman takes on the rule of a man, and that's it says you see there please. albini is capital to run. it is far from the reality of the last pernicious people even knew what the british it is anymore. but the other should fall. yes,

of course. the women who are as strong as men at home, hostage for in the way, women know that the shows are resourceful. well, they have shown what they are capable of, even during the war to go the new you can do me to the name of the foreigners and back in the mountains. justina, she was a photo of the valley. also, bernisha valley was a soldier, then a policeman. they met just before long these death. i'm lucky. so i'm gonna get time. is there anything to have come? she was my friend. we was in last by the nations almost her whole family has moved to for all and there's simply too little work here. justina is all the happier that her sisters from italy and the usc i've come for a surprise visit a few care free days with the family before she's left alone. once again, still, you know,

would never leave for more than as long as like the place of extraordinary beauty created by god himself. if it can go with this is where i was born, put in. i'm so happy here. no, don't. there's a place up live. so able, who lives in 70 the community and could then use dina news with her. a centuries old tradition will die to you, but there's no way around it. she says, what matters is that to our family lives on to meet associates and from germany. she has parkinson's disease and incurable, and you are logical disorder. many people who receive this diagnosis, withdrawal and become lonely soaker has done the opposite and has even ventured into something new table tennis to. she's so good. shanelle plays in tournaments when she's at the table sofa. almost guess she has parkinson's.

the ping pong parkinson meet up in florida in the west of germany. every week, 10 players with the disease meet here. to file i. it's a ritual and deliberation from the daily parkinson's garage, where you're constantly reminded that you have difficulty moving. you enter this completely new world where everything else around you fates away. i love. the kids has had parkinson's disease for 10 years. with parkinson's, the brain can no longer control the bodies movements, while the body becomes slower, stiffer, and un involuntary tremors. that's in there's no known cure, but exercise can help in taking doping. mean is crucial. that's a messenger substance for signals between the nerve cells in the brain. parkinson's patients produced too little of it. my name is i take my domain every 2 hours and

that's very important because otherwise my energy runs out a car can't run without fuel. and i can't do anything without due to mean zuka can fall in tears for ping pong parkinson. she coordinates a huge network of training groups all around germany. now it's a lot of work more and more people are joining, including in for that. oh, i know. so i put a teen is here for the 2nd time ping pong. parkinson was a tip from his neurologist. i think that's what it's all about. but you don't think about the tremors anymore. sometimes i still shake even playing just now. but after the 2nd or 3rd game, it's gone, z is convinced that table tennis can slow down the progression as parkinson's. but it hasn't been scientifically recognized yet that the game can help with the brain . physician almost to spend bases and time. you're constantly deciding how to

receive the ball, how to play it back, and where you want it to land. there's so many processes going on in the brain. lots of tiny thought processes. and i think that's good training because it keeps the brain in constant motion. the extension of a room with her weekly physio therapy appointment is all about the balance and posture on the movement is very important. for parkinson's patients. they need several units of movement a week to keep the bodies stimulated. and to delay the physical degeneration as long as possible, long give me a good health to even after 10 years with the disease. so kate is constantly having to adapt to her parkinson's. small movements or difficult. this is coming for me into the feel like

a pilot in the plane where the plane is constantly drifting down or maybe up again . and i keep having to regain balance and keep the plane on course i caught up to hers and he said to god parkinson's at 46. unusually early for her. the diagnosis came out of the blue you have done caught them on early on. i had moments of sheer panic, i would think about the stairs in our house that i wouldn't be able to climb and that we had to prepare those with the kind of panic attacks. i had one of those bonds was your panic. i talking to come up there cuz husband stuff usually keeps as calm when it comes to parkinson's sake has been married to him for nearly 30 years . they have to grown up children. i explained a lot better. busy everyone has limitations as they get older and you stuck out on 10 years older than her. and i'm noticing that i can do less here and there young damage to you. of course, there might be a wheelchair at some point on,

but it might be me who needs a wheelchair. you never know slice produced, let's say, who ends up pushing. who if i was counting on my wife, pushing me to get your bets and now the foot 1st, it's back to the ping pong table for zeta. this time at the tournament in vice versa. all the way in the midst of germany took a place at every competition. that's quite nice. it shows me time and again that despite the disease, anything is possible and you can achieve top performances. of course everything has to be just right and sometimes parking since gets in the way. but you have to learn to live with that. not get frustrated and keep going. in spite of it. a lot of the players bring their families along to the tournaments here in the sports. all it's all about community. when it gets kind of contest, i didn't have this disease, i wouldn't have experienced all of this,

this sense of community and all these vehicles of these are real every day heroes. they can deal with their fate and still be happy. they're all role models for me. the ping pong parkinson has given to get and many others here, a new lease on life, a way to win the small bottles in the war against an incurable disease. it's a mystery that has captivated the generations. the legend of the lock in this sea monster, for decades, people have set out to prove its existence to no avail. still, the thrill of sparking the creature draw smaller than $1500000.00 tourists of the scottish highlands every year. they fall from the lease that messy is real, but you will find him on the group expedition, searching for it. they prefers to go for it, a low confidence that his method will bring him face to face with the elusive

creature. welcome to the high end. let's cut the greatest mystery. darkness of what lies below its depths. is a question that's grips generations and tools, millions to with doc mackie voltage in search of the monster. they've holton seen many in se hunches coming guy. he spends every moment he can come here by the water's edge, while his own private sanctuary away from the crowds. dave believes there's a creature out the creature he hopes one day to discover. today. it's got to somewhere out as well as it has vain. well, hopefully she's still or he's still here, you know, and those mornings where the mist is just hovering above the wall to you know, just come on, just poke you read ok. let's come out and let's see. it was a passions in nature that says port dave to the law. now it is 6 days. he says he's

addicted. spell bound by his majesty. hook till the endless promise of mystery still to be discovered. just makes me has on the back of my stomach. oh yeah, yeah, it's amazing. yeah. slit the ways of dave secluded corner seas. the label sensation is boned, a mess of tourism industry with a major new months to hunt this summer during the wealth attention to scotland. once again. the drones get them up to us. okay, own it. ok guys. at those eclipse, it's so not in sound technology trolled was isn't the biggest surface go to hunt in safety in on this with hundreds of volunteers the to the low temp 12 miles by train. so she's here and we're gonna find

rebecca and her 2 sons traveled all the way from wales to tennessee fantasy into reality. we came because it's been rufus's dream for the last 2 years to come to the nest and to try to find the monster. am i so i've got to do this for him. i will not get another chance in his childhood. so, 11 and a half hours on a train, and we're here with it as another search process, but the mystery still on. so there's magic to the story. is that in the recent months to comp dumping magic that makes even the most hardened cynics scale of these waters a one day or 2 and for such organize island mckenna, presenting this legend for the next generation, is even more important than finding the monster itself. i don't want this to go

away. i've loved this most of the and the environment sense of, you know, we, boy, i will be cold. so for sure that always only feeling it for themselves. get them right. i'm feeling it for myself. i love this place. i'm really happy to display a really small part and this that's important legacy and i think that's worth protecting. so across the water, dave setting off once again. one then and he's quiet and welcoming prospect heights for a creature and routine nations, the crowds when all i was people have gone. i'm still going to be and i can go out and paddle to mounts content on my own. and just you never know the dave does last move in just a monster. right? but if he finds one along the way, well, wouldn't that really be something? and this brings us to the end of this special edition of focus on europe. we hope

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