Tim Whewell

BBC current affairs reporter, especially covering Russia, Ukraine and other former Soviet states, Africa and Middle East

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

I’m amazed by what the women of #Rojava - Syrian #Kurdistan - achieved, amid war, over the past 14 years. Can they stay powerful now Rojava’s losing its autonomy? One foreign admirer says: “It would be heartbreaking if what they fought for was lost.” https://t.co/8vpVPDaoUE

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

For 14 yrs, #Syria ‘s #Kurds built a unique society where men and women share official jobs. What will remain of their experiment - including female fighting units -now they’re being integrated into a state led by former Islamists? My report on #Rojava now https://t.co/ymPp8nKyvn

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

@liziaqua88 Yes - a fascinator! Just what I need perhaps 😊 Sadly no longer creatable from objects on Pritesh’s stall

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

After 36 yrs Pritesh Patel’s news stall on #Brixton tube station closes today. London has ever fewer good newsagents. And Pritesh is irreplaceable - so well-informed (thanks to #Radio4 in his ear!) that for years I have tried out story ideas on him - and valued his judgment.

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

This version of my 'People's History of Gaza' should be available everywhere. Worth a listen to understand what its people have been through since the Strip came into being in 1948
https://t.co/W0U5jVCxiy

[Ennius @red_loeb]

A People's History of Gaza: 'an oral history of Gaza, from the creation of the Strip in 1948 to the eve of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, told through the experiences of ordinary people.'
Only available in the UK
https://t.co/4wdseTCeKT

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

“When we were younger, storks decorated the sky.” The back-story of #Gaza since 1948 - often tragic, sometimes surprising, occasionally inspirational. https://t.co/srC1Kp6mno

[Ashis Basu 🇨🇦 ashis.bluesky.social @BasuAshis]

“In all an estimated 700,000 Palestinians lost their homes and became refugees as a result of the war of 1948-49; around 200,000 are believed to have crowded into that tiny coastal corridor.” Deeply moving piece by @BBCTimWhewell

https://t.co/0QkPMZOVJF

[dr harry hagopian 🥸 @harryhagopian]

A moving human story! ↔️ Here is @BBCTimWhewell , presenter of 'A People's History of Gaza' (documentary podcast is on @BBCSounds) in an In-Depth piece: https://t.co/OHeISNPXTy

[Grigor Atanesian @atanessi]

A People's History of Gaza - a great new listen from @BBCTimWhewell https://t.co/bWrAA7ttdY

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

They even hit the zoo. The stories of the civilians who chose to stay in one of #Ukraine 's most bombed cities - and try to lead a normal life - in Albina Kovalyova @agent_Alka 's moving film https://t.co/KsaaTHJ51X

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

@PatriciaNicol @ST_Culture Hi Patricia - I’m keen to tell you about an oral history of Gaza I’ve made, that goes out next month. Could you follow me so I can DM you? Thanks! Tim

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

Half a million Syrian servicemen were sacked when the Assad regime fell. They’ve got no income, no prospects. Could their discontent eventually fuel an insurgency like that in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein? My report from #Damascus https://t.co/nC2RuiVPo6

[Laura Phillips 💙 @LauraPh222]

13m Syrians - half the population - left their homes during #Syria’s 13-year civil war. 7m were internally displaced. 6m fled abroad. Bringing them home is perhaps the biggest challenge facing Syria's new rulers. @BBCTimWhewell follows returnees to #Homs to see what’s they find…

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

As Donald Trump says he’ll lift sanctions on #Syria, what are the prospects for bringing home the millions of Syrians forced to flee during the civil war? My report from #Homs #حمص https://t.co/OHL1AIyUb9

[Linda Pressly @LPressly]

With ⁦@LucyAAsh⁩ - a story of religious conversion you probably haven’t heard about before… https://t.co/mLZZvfryFl

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

A castle of clotted cream? In #Homs, post-war reconstruction has barely begun, but the city patissiers build their famous halawet el jibn delicacy sturdily and high from a mixture of semolina and cheese حمص#

[Tim Whewell @BBCTimWhewell]

Celebrations in Homs, #Syria today as buses bring another 124 families home fromcamps after years of displacement. Some haven’t seen their home city for 14 years. But parts of Homs in ruins and there are few jobs.With 7m Syrians internally displaced, resettlement is a huge task.

[Łukasz Adamski @LukaszAdamskiPL]

Na BBC pojawił się wyważony, a przy tym sympatyzujący z argumentami przeciwników gloryfikacji UPA materiał o Rzezi Wołyńskiej i problemie ekshumacji autorstwa @BBCTimWhewell. Cytowana jest https://t.co/z65wmDqEFU. @KarolaAdamiec, Leon Popek, @viatrovych @SPlokhy, a także ja sam. W listopadzie byłem z autorem w Bazaltowem (dawniej: Janowa Dolina) i opowiadałem mu o okolicznościach Rzezi i problemach w stosunkach polsko-ukraińskich.

https://t.co/Ghlfwett7g

[Mike Lanchin @mlanchin]

Hamas was opposed to their music and the Israelis bombed their instruments and installations but the children of #gaza are still singing. Beautiful & heartbreaking by ⁦@BBCTimWhewell⁩ ⁦@PennyMurphy⁩ ⁦@bbcworldservice⁩ https://t.co/0sBJG9XH82

[Adam Rogowski @adamrogowski]

An excellent documentary on the Volyn Massacre by BBC’s Tim Whewell. Sheds more light on Polish-Ukrainian complicated history, Bandera, UPA etc