and bahrain supported the one nine hundred ninety six attempt to overthrow the qatari government a south korean delegation meets north korean leader kim jong orden it's the first high profile visit from seoul in eleven years. we begin in syria where a u.n. aid convoy has entered the main town inside the besieged rebel held enclave of eastern but before being allowed past army checkpoints most of the convoys medical supplies were confiscated syrian and russian air attacks meanwhile have continued killing at least forty people in just the past twenty four hours santa has our reporter and the warnings on the may fire. images in this story the story. it's the first time aid has entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy percent of what was loaded on the trucks was removed during inspection it's not the first time syrian government officials have prevented trauma kids and surgical supplies from reaching besieged areas they have been systematically removed from aid convoys in

because the bond markets were open, they went with it. >> oman and bahrain, bahrain is referred to as reset of the gcc while oman could get downgraded and with budget problems. questions over succession. are you a buyer of bonds in those two countries? >> we are>>. the spread compression in the gcc has lagged the rest of the world, especially the emerging markets. we do see there are certain balance sheet issues both in oman and bahrain. but we do not only look at the fundamentals. we look at evaluations. we spoke last time about how bahrain is trading wider than a lot of african names. a lot of names rated below bahrain. is still investment grade by two rating agencies and we do not think that a downgrade is on the cards for another few months at least. yet it trades in line with singles and evaluation is what attracts us to these markets. >> talking about boy and capital , who willpen to gcc be next to take advantage? >> a lot on the cards, we are hearing that, in terms of the sovereign space, saudi may be pricing a deal. >> we have reported they hired banks. >> that will be the jum

a lot of names that are rated below bahrain. on the oman side, oman is still investment grade by two rating agencies. we don't think it will be downgraded on the cards for another few months at least, yet it trades in line with a lot of single tease. the evaluation is what attracts us to these markets. tracy: we are talking about buoyant capital markets being open to a lot of gcc issuers. who will be next to take advantage of that? >> there's a lot on the cards right now. what we are hearing in terms of the sovereign space, we hear that saudi might be pressing a deal. tracy: we have reported that have actually hired banks for a new issue. >> exactly. we think that is going to be the jumbo deal. every time they issue, they print a lot of paper. i think they will need a week to themselves. there is a lot of guys trying to get in ahead of this. tracy: they are holding the home market. the wholee hogging market. what about corporate issuance, because we keep saying that when the sovereigns come in, they will be creating a pricing cu

bahrain is only the interface of the whole carcasses i don't think we're headed in as a key player in the whole crisis two thousand and fourteen or one thousand nine hundred ninety six or even the two thousand and seventeen they don't have the depth they don't have the started to position they don't have the resources they don't have the really leverage to i mean a place such. i think u.a.e. and saudi arabia although they have different agendas but but they share i mean a common interest here then it comes the egypt if this is. of an old scenario but then the question. one should ask is basically the key players in one in one thousand and ninety six most of them are no longer here so why should this be replicated a year ago what has what has what has changed and what hasn't. actually former saudi and emirate he point of view things have actually worsened after the arab spring and i mean that brings us back to two thousand and fourteen i do think that while qatar was a nuisance in the ninety's and you know had a lot of wealth by you know the twenty years on in and to in two thousand an

bahrain and egypt they have accused of supporting terrorism a claim cattle it denies the. mock up on the four countries that conspired against qatar in the coup attempt of ninety nine to six of the same countries that were behind the attempt of two thousand and seventeen the actual military attempt of the time was in preparation for a military invasion. and with al-jazeera much more to come for you on the program donald trump stirs up controversy over the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem during a visit from the israeli prime minister. and a former russian spy is critically ill in hospital in the u.k. after being exposed to an unknown substance. hello there for many of us there's a lot of rain over parts of europe but not quite as much snow is there have been there's still plenty of cloud showing up on the satellite picture all circulating around this area here giving most of us some heavy rain and fortunately it's not too cold at the moment so we're looking at a maximum of around eleven in madrid matching the temperature we're expecting in paris so mild but wet

we also have the example of them crushing the democratic uprising in neighboring bahrain, using those weapons to fund al qaeda groups in iraq and in syria, and using those weapons internally to crush dissent, particularly in the shia areas. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,

egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the country government in one thousand nine hundred six. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has met with u.s. president donald trump at the white house among the key discussion points during his two day u.s. trip ah the embassy move to jerusalem the war in syria and the iran nuclear deal it explains. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and u.s. president donald trump smiled broadly in their white house meeting despite both being embroiled in scandal netanyahu wasted no time turning the attention to the u.s. president for his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital should proceed this will be remembered for people throughout the ages netanyahu is in washington in advance of his address on tuesday before the largest israeli lobby group of the us apac but netanyahu made it clear he was also seeking u.s. support for what he sees as israel's greatest security challenge to corruption one would. be wrong iran has not given up its nuclear ambitions to come out of this nuclear deal with rich both netanyahu and trump have. ma

stop.s where our first we will be going into iran and i will meet -- we will be going into bahrain and i will be meeting with the king. carriedfor decades has way above its weight in terms of providing support to the u.s. and many nations that try to maintain stability in the gulf. i think you are aware that the -- is headquartered there. our relationship with bahrain goes back decades, it started with the missionaries american hospital which brought the first real medical care to the island. it is a very strong defense relationship. it is essential for our access and u.s. military operations in the middle east. they have been an excellent post for the u.s. navy's fifth fleet. i will get to hear from the sailors and marines stationed there. i like staying in touch with them and hearing their views about what is going on. that kind of frames where we are going on this trip. i would like to make a few comments on the record about russia. this is interesting to you? ok. i looked at vladimir putin speech and like many of us i focused on the last third of it. the first two thirds clearly we

force as the current crown prince of all lobby so how much of an ace that was then crown prince of bahrain he's now the country's king the late princess. the minister of defense who went on to be crowned prince and all muscly man the egyptian intelligence chief and former vice president of egypt also now deceased. let's now go to our guests joining me here in the studio abilities of her qatari academy and researcher a london andrea scribd assistant professor of the defense that is department at king's college london and from milan via skype claude salhani opinion editor of the whitley newspaper while come to the program mr abdul aziz like to ask you this question i mean the investigation on al-jazeera shows that this is a replay of an old scenario yes i mean the the two episodes clearly shores it's not about terrorism it because i mean it's only till elite in one thousand in the ninety's and early two thousand when we started to hear about the symptomatology it's not about zero because it is either was established november one thousand nine hundred ninety six it's not about supporting the

bahrain with along with saudi arabia and the emirates for a reason and then there's as your guest said commercial reasons. trying to. get in on the action on some of the natural gas that that qatar has i think you're also played a big role in that because i don't need convincing that they want to see i just. wanted to see just you know shut down because of the novelty of the idea of having . channel i could say anything you want to a certain extent then they don't like that and there's thirteen points that are still on the agenda on the list of demands that qatar should do is figure out just you know and i think for as far as i'm concerned i've written about the passengers iraq has brought tremendous change in the way the media operates in the region and it's not everybody's pleasure with a head of of the. of the program there was a zero one of the key players in the ninety ninety six attempted coup there was a former senior intelligence officer in qatar said that he met with the bahraini. crown prince who is now the king had been. and he encouraged him and his finest him to carry out

and bahrain supported a nine hundred ninety six attempt to overthrow the catherine government a south korean delegation meets the north korean leader kim jong un it's the first high profile visit from seoul in eleven years. and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all the sports including crossing an ethical line at british parliamentary report finds that former top front champion bradley wiggins and his team used performance enhancing drugs within the anti doping rule. we begin in syria where a u.n. aid convoy has entered the main town inside the besieged that rebel held. but before being allowed past army checkpoints most of the convoys medical supplies were confiscated syrian and russian air attacks have continued meanwhile killing almost forty people in just twenty four hours said a hold of reports and a warning some may find the images in the story this. it's the first time aid have entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago but world health organization officials say seventy. scent of what was loaded on the trucks wa

egypt and bahrain attempt to overthrow the qatari government in the one nine hundred ninety six south korean officials have met north korea's leader kim jong un for the first time since he took power at the end of two thousand and eleven the meeting at a banquet dinner in pyongyang comes at the start of a two day visit that will focus on averting nuclear conflict and restarting talks with washington bride has more now from seoul. from seoul with smiles south korea's delegation heads north hoping to build on the goodwill momentum generated at the winter olympics when a high level north korean delegation attended the games as guests of south korean president moon j.n. jiang sister of north korean leader kim jong un hand delivered the invitation to visit pyongyang from her brother south korea hopes this will be more than just a courtesy call from tampa most of all i will deliver president moon's firm will and resolve to achieve the denuclearization on the korean peninsula and create true and permanent peace even before the delegates left on their controversial trip it wasn't clear they w

bahrain and aged cut ties with qatar. has more from brussels qatar officials say they are expanding their partnership with key international institutions like nato to and the you with the e.u. to choose the qatari emir shift to me but how much of that he has been talking about the latest developments on the g.c.c. crisis but also about regional issues as you know qatar and the key players in the conflict of syria for example on the share similar views about how to move forward and what kind of role should the opposite syrian opposition play in the future with nato the qataris have signed an agreement paving the way for nato a personnel to. get into qatar used a qatari military base of date rule for nato is operations enough guy but also in their. push against i still in the region and that's quite significant because as you remember back in june when saudi arabia these lies start of the embargo on. the accused qatar for. sponsoring extremism accusation is strongly denied by qatar and now this partnership with no doha qata

bahrain's own independent newspaper one hundred fifty six bahrain these were also reports at least tothe nationality in twenty seventeen rendering them stateless hundreds of others have also been killed jailed and stripped of citizenship since arab spring inspired protests broke out in twenty eleven which call for an elected prime minister well to talk about this more i am joined by roxanne famine from iran . in politics and international relations at cambridge university and specializes in the middle east thanks very much for coming in just a pick up a little bit to a more human rights watch was saying that the tolerance is a vanishing point i think the middle east or it went on to say it raising whatever progress it made after pioneering a promising other to make reforms following the rest in twenty eleven it seems it certainly hasn't done them is there any evidence that these latest arrests are terrorists or are they activists there is no evidence that we know of is pointed to terrorists and in fact there has been an ongoing this is part of a longer story and there's been ongoing l

we do see there are certain talents sheet issues in oman and bahrain. the fundamentals. we also look at valuations. last time i was here we spoke about how bahrain is trading wider than a lot of african names. a lot of names rated the low bahrain. in oman, it is still investment-grade by two rating agencies. we don't think a downgrade is on the cards for another few months at least. it trades in line with a lot of single bs. tracy: we are talking about point capital markets. capital markets being open to a lot of issuers. who will be next to take advantage? >> there's a lot on the cards right now. but we are hearing is -- in terms of the sovereign's base, weaker saudi the pressing a deer. tracy: we have reported they have hired. >> i think that will be the jumbo deal. every time the issue, they print a lot of paper. tracy: talking the whole market. what about corporate issuance? we keep saying on the sovereign's come and they will create a pricing curve off of which others can price benchmark companies. it is happened at the margins, but have not had a

that's why iran uses proxies such as the houthis along with others to go into yemen, iraq, bahrain and beyond. during the obama administration they drew down the conventional force structure. we traced after a flawed nuclear agreement. we reduced our commitment to our city arab partners. iran noticed our -- it supported a support of proxies and supported the unrest following the civil wars in yemen and syria and the rampage of isil into attack. if this meddling is to be confronted, if terrorist threats are to be countered and if armed shipments are to be curtailed, the united states will need the help of our regional partners. one key partner is saudi arabia. we've shared common interests for decades. we worked together to counter iran, support the free syrian army, and combat isil. today the support the u.s. provides to the saudi-led coalition, including aerial refueling over the red sea, contributes to greater precision in their air campaign and leads to fewer civilian casualties. withdrawing u.s. support would increase, not decrease, the risk of civilian cash iewltities and it would

been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported to king abdullah of jordan congressional leaders in the u.s. that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later allegedly fell foul of the group for not truly supporting the blockade against qatar which is no ten months old and jordan voted against donald trump's controversial move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel this bloc that has to speak emerges is not and that a bloc that can implement and carry out actual policy. and what we have seen us that the u.s. prefers a bilateral relationships with each of the six countries and therefore unity us this essential thank you very much leaders. being investigated as a possible key link between donald trump and the m.-a ratties and to see if there was an attempt to buy influence

his it came amid continuing tensions in the gulf last june saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt cut ties with qatar they accuse doha of supporting terrorism a charge which it strenuously denies because us foreign minister was also in brussels and demanded to know the reasons behind decided blockade. actually i thought that has supported the kuwaiti mediation from the beginning and we were calling for the escalation and inviting all the parties for a dialogue and we never went and use the same methods they have using a scale ation against our country right now that we have achieved nothing within the last nine months unfortunately the efforts of the emir of course being undermined by those countries mainly the blockading states and now there is an air force also from the us president and we hope that if it will result something that they come to the table at least and come and face us with whatever they have in terms of accusations they've been accusing qatar for more than not nine months and they provide nothing until now for for anyone and we have the right now to und

been a new alliance that has emerged between the united arab emirates saudi arabia egypt and what bahrain as a junior party as a junior partner and what or not that alliance can sustain itself in the long run that is unclear but there are certainly efforts to boost that alliance at the expense of the gulf cooperation council. it was reported that king abdullah of jordan briefed congressional leaders in the us that turkey was the main regional threat to stability but he later allegedly fell foul of the group for not fully supporting the blockade against qatar which is no ten months old and jordan voted against donald trump's controversial move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel this bloc that has so to speak emerges does not end at a bloc that can implement and carry out actual policy. and what we have seen us that the u.s. prefers a bilateral relationships with each of the sixteen countries and therefore unity ursus essential thank you very much leader is being investigated as a possible key link between donald trump and the emma ratties and to see if there was an attempt to

egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the castro government in one thousand nine hundred six that includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to remove the movie end there of cattles father shake him out tunney who was then the country's leader an investigation comes eight months into a blockade against cast by a saudi the bahrain and egypt the countries have accused of supporting terrorism a claim cattle vehemently denies that it was crown prince is for a three day visit in silence first foreign trip since becoming crown prince last year so then fly on to meet with leaders in the u.s. and the u.k. russia is following developments from doha. this is one hundred percent man's first foreign trip as crown prince of saudi arabia and people might wonder why did he choose egypt as the first leg of the trip well from a sandy perspective there are two serious challenges in the region first of all iran which the saudis consider almost like an existential threat and the war in yemen which continues with no indication that it might come to an end anytime soon so for the saudis the on

at this point that the iranians are actually behind it in the way that the government is saying in bahrain still ahead on al-jazeera. i really want to study no education is useless i just want to go to school. they're meant challenges facing nigerian children who just want an education. past desperation guatemalans children face extreme violence and malnutrition. and in sport or a bus home. that is his second a.t.p. title of the season peter has those details. welcome back and i will look at weather conditions right across the americas in north america this low pressure system which had brought severe weather across the northeastern part of the u.s. into canada that's clearing away so bright a conditions for the eastern seaboard but we have this system moving across some parts of the rockies through into the northern plains but it's going to develop as we head on into monday some quite significant snowfall expected here some rain further towards the south fine conditions for the southwest meanwhile across the eastern seaboard weather conditions much they should remain dry and relatively fi

and bahrain are yet to respond the two nations and i'm with santeria dandy to talk ties with qatar in june banning cattle from their space the gulf nations accused of supporting terrorist groups denies the allegations. a second round of voting looks likely in sana'a and with results from wednesday's presidential election too close to call both the ruling all people's congress and oppositions generally on people spotty on iran forty three percent with half of the votes counted candidates we quiet fifty five percent to win our prize the election itself is largely peaceful but rival supporters clashed on saturday as results came in iran awful must take place two weeks after the final results and i mean interests has more many civil unions believe that this election is headed for a run up with fifty percent of the vote counted that is little difference between the two leading candidates candidate of the ruling a.p.c. party and the biggest opposition party in the country the p.p. all of them have scored more than five hundred sixty thousand votes the third candidate is hundreds of thousand

police in bahrain have arrested one hundred sixty members of what's described as a terrorist network funded by the revolutionary guard in iran t.v. pictures purport to show weapons ammunition and explosives to be used in attacks on security forces the sunni led government on the shia majority island regularly accuses iran of supporting armed groups iran denies stirring dissent roxanne farm and farm i am is a letter in politics and international relations at cambridge university she specializes in the middle east she says the terrorist network claim is not supported. there is no evidence that we know of is plenty to terrorists and in fact there has been an ongoing this is part of a longer story and there's been ongoing low grade violence all through last year which is what led to the shutdown of the party in the paper for example. there is no evidence that we can. reach at this point that the iranians are actually behind it in the way that the government is saying and bahrain journalists from the polls largest newspaper have briefly appeared in court in a case widely condemned as an a

all eyes were on these guys in saturday especially bahrain's due to a royal blue condition shaka failed to people's work fires could capture the bundesliga title this weekend the fifteenth league champs have been full steam ahead under their old coach your pockets last weekend wins over hamburg put them in point blank range of their six put us here crown in a row if they confirm it this match day they'll type a forty year old record for the league's earliest title win ever. but to get their hands on the title this week inspired keane's other results to go their way so let's hit the pitch and take a look at what's coming up on the going to sleep. the royal blues were looking for their fifth win in a row it will further a side clinging on to the relegation quick domini go to discos side tighten their grip one second and make biron wait at the other end of the table hamburg the dinosaur has another new coach at the helm could take it a new start hosting goal thursday can't temper lin. welcome to the but it's leaking here on the w. i'm chris harrington shockers domany coach desk oh must be

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al-jazeera documentary on cover is evidence of the involvement of sound the united arab emirates and bahrain in supporting the world's poor attempt to overthrow the government in one thousand nine hundred sixty we'll tell you about the reaction. from aleppo top only one syrian refugee took the stage at the oscars she didn't say anything but her presence started a twitter storm we'll tell you why i'm leah harding connected us to the hash tag a genius for. you with news great live on air and streaming online for you to facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us it's taken three weeks not aid has finally reached. in syria but there's been no letup in the government bombing of the enclave over the past few days syrian government troops and their allied forces have stepped up their air. and ground offensive despite a un ordered ceasefire they've captured a quarter of the rebel held territory the un's human rights council has now ordered an independent inquiry into the violence that's killed over seven hundred people in the past two weeks we begin our coverage with a report f

told me is really close with lewis there are investable look to build on their victory next month in bahrain. in tennis world number one roger federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the miami open at the hands of world number one hundred seventy five the nazi kochi knock us of australia this last means federer will lose his top spot in the world rankings furthermore the swiss player announced that he won't compete at any clay court tennis tournaments for a second year running that includes the french open a grand slam title that he last won almost a decade ago. and that's a news wrap join us again at the top of the hour don't forget you can check out our website or follow us on twitter at e w news thanks for watching. w true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on the phone for good i mean go and bury me show you he says you get it with our innovations magazine for in. washington every week and we're looking to the future fund w dot com science and research for.

germany off a surprise win over runaway leaders by and munich it looked like business as usual for bahrain as sundra wagner gave them an early lead but goals from nabil cater and two more vanna turned the match for the hosts who are now right back in the hunt for a champions league place so let's look at all the bundesliga results so far on match day twenty seven on sunday dortmund down hanover cologne got a crucial victory over labor coups and there was that shock win for life six of a buy in in the weekend's other games but i am an beat. and hoffenheim droop i tracked minds lost to him shako one involves bug and in friday night's game should beat hi brooke. a true mind top story a lot of putin appears to help one a fourth term as president over partial results suggest his state can't more than seventy percent of the vote. there watching t.v. news live from berlin more coming in exactly forty five minutes but don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the cult by simply logging onto a website that's d.w. dot com feel free to also follow us on social media we are a

told me is really close with lewis there are investable look to build on the victory next month in bahrain. and in tennis world number one roger federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the miami open at the hands of number one hundred seventy five the nastiest cocoa not kiss of australia this last means he will lose his top spot in the world rankings furthermore the best player at now is that he won't compete in any clay court tennis tournaments for his second year running that includes the french open and a grand slam a grand slam title he last won almost a decade ago. the sport of cricket is famous for its traditions and spirit of fair play but that has all changed after a cheating scandal involving the australian team during a test match in south africa cameron bancroft was caught on camera rubbing sticky tape covered with dirt onto a ball in an attempt to change how the ball moves through the air the act is a legal and cricket captain steve smith and mid he helped concoct the plan but refused to resign long term after public outcry he has stepped down as skipper for the

me is really close with lewis ferrari and vettel will look to build on their victory next month in bahrain. the sport of cricket is famous for its traditions and spirit of fair play but that has all changed after a cheating scandal involving the australian team doing a test match in south africa can one bancroft was caught on camera robbing stick a tape covered with dirt on to the ball in an attempt to change how it moves in the air this act is illegal in cricket captain steve smith admitted he helped concoct the plan but refused to resign on town however after a public outcry his step down a skipper for the remainder of the match and has been banned for the next game the australian prime minister has apologised while. the head of cricket in australia has promised a far reaching investigation. that's your news rob do join us again at the top of the hour for more you can also check out our website that's dot com and there you can get around the clock news and information go free to also follow us on our social media we are seeing it thanks for watching. they make a commitment. for a. whole

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told me is really close with lewis there are investable look to build on their victory next month in bahrain. in tennis world number one roger federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the miami open at the hands of world number one hundred seventy five the nazi kochi knock us of australia this last means federer will lose his top spot in the world rankings furthermore the swiss player announced that he won't compete at any clay court tennis tournaments for a second year running that includes the french open a grand slam title that he last won almost a decade ago. and that's a news wrap join us again at the top of the hour don't forget you can check out our website or follow us on twitter at d w news thanks for watching. they make a commitment. they find solutions. and stronger. for the. story of both people need to have different shaping their nation.

tracy: and curious about oman and bahrain in particular. sometimes referred to as the grease of the gcc. meanwhile, armand could get downgraded. could get downgraded. are you a buyer of bonds from either of those two? >> we are. the spike compression in the gcc has lagged the rest of the world , and especially the rest of the emerging markets. we do see that there are certain balance sheet issues both in oman and bahrain. we don't only look at the fundamentals. we also look at the evaluations. last time i was here, we spoke about how our brain is right now trading wider than a lot of african names. a lot of names that are rated below by rain. oman is the oman side, still investing great by two rating agencies. we don't think it will be downgraded on the cards for another few months at least, yet it fades in line with a lot of single tease. the evaluation is what attracts us to these markets. tracy: we are talking about buoyant capital markets being open to a lot of gcc issuers. who will be next to take advantage of that? >> there's a lot on

and al jazeera investigation has revealed new evidence of saudi arabia egypt and bahrain's attempt to overthrow the country government in one thousand nine hundred six this includes interviews with coup leaders who conspired to remove. a funny the father of the current emir of cattle investigation comes eight months into a blockade against cattle by gulf neighbors they accused of supporting terrorism which cattle denies. us president donald trump says he is considering visiting israel for the opening of the american embassy in jerusalem he made the comment while entertaining the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house this is the fifth time the two men have met since trump took office coming up next a rebel geeks looks at media activism in brazil what's it from myself and the team here in london but there will be more news after that from doha in twenty five minutes time. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you culture zer

were not allowed to enter the country i first had to cross the border into the more liberal neighbor bahrain only then did she take off her veil and drive a car. she was just beginning her career having just completed a documentary on women in saudi arabia but her big dream was a feature film the first saudi arabian movie. five years later. one should drive to an international settlements. conference i find. out it is. i found months or made the impossible possible hiding from the saudi islamic morality police she filmed the story of a girl who only wants one thing a bicycle something forbidden two girls. in the film watched always manages to resist the strict rules in the end a small victory a parable about the struggle of girls and women in the ultra conservative country and an international success a silent revolution aims to build on that it had its world premiere in berlin in the presence of danny on her money and danny and naseer very is to depict women's quiet day to day battle for more rights and show what has already been achieved in saudi arabia since the nineteenth sixty's. we wer