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The wave of uprisings across the Arab World have dominated the talking points of the 91福利社's flag ship interactive show World Have your Say and 91福利社 Arabic's 听 Nuqtat Hewar 听(Talking Point) over the past few months.听

In a special day of live programming from Cairo, Egypt on Friday 10 June, the two听 interactive shows will connect with English and Arabic speaking audiences to reassess the Arab Uprisings six months on from the first protests and asks the question 鈥渨ho has the power now?鈥�

Broadcasting live on Friday 10 June across the 91福利社's International news services (91福利社 World Service radio/online, 91福利社 World News television and 91福利社 Arabic -television/radio/online), presenters Ros Akins and Samir Farah will be in Cairo to talk to audiences across the region and around the world, as well as听special guests.

Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point) on 91福利社 Arabic 听

The flagship show Nuqtat Hewar (Talking Point), presented by Samir Farah, will broadcast from听15:00听GMT听Friday 10 June on 91福利社 Arabic and听the television show will broadcast live on ONTV and via ontveg.com 听in Egypt 听.听

World Have your Say on 91福利社 World News (TV) and 91福利社 World Service

From听16:00 GMT World Have your Say - the 91福利社's award-winning global interactive听news discussion show hosted by Ros Atkins, will air on 91福利社 World News (TV), followed at听17:00 GMT with a special edition from Cairo on 91福利社 World Service (radio/online).

World Have your Say uses different technology to enable as many people as possible in different parts of the world to join in the debate and interact with the programme.听听

Join the debate:

听Audiences will be able to join in the special Arab Uprising programme via worldhaveyoursay.com, via twitter (@bbc_whys #whys #bbccairo) and facebook (91福利社 world have your Say).听听

For听91福利社 Arabic,听audiences can interactive with the show online via bbcarabic.com on the special online forum, via twitter ( @Nuqtat_Hewar听 #bbccairo听 #bbca) and facebook ( http://www.facebook.com/hewarbbc )

About World Have Your Say:

Hosted on the 91福利社's international news services 鈥� on radio ( 91福利社 World Service ) and on TV ( 91福利社 World News) - the show is a global conversation with the agenda set by everyone taking part.

Presented by Ros Atkins, the show broadcasts weekly on 91福利社 World Newsn (TV) and daily on 91福利社 World Service radio and gives audiences around the world the opportunity to take part in the big debates and offer opinions on the news agenda.

World Have听Your Say was first launched in 1995 on 91福利社 World Service radio, and听during the past five years has produced shows from all around the world including a shack in听Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa;听an orphanage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti;听Milles Collines hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, where many were saved from the genocide; a factory in Dharavi, Asia's biggest slum in Mumbai, India; and a refugee camp in Calais, France, where Afghans were waiting for the chance to cross the English Channel to Britain. The programme was also the first to broadcast live from Robben Island , South Africa , where Nelson Mandela had been imprisoned, on the former president's 90th birthday.听In 2008, the programme won gold at the 2008 Sony Radio Awards in the UK , in the Listener Participation category.

The television edition of the show launched on 91福利社 World News in 2011

91福利社 Global News

91福利社 Global News includes 91福利社 World Service, 91福利社 World News television, bbc.com/news (the 91福利社's international-facing online news site) and 91福利社 Monitoring.听 听

The 91福利社 attracts a global audience of 241 million people (2010) to its international news services including 91福利社 World Service, 91福利社 World News television channel and bbc.com/news.

91福利社 World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, delivering a wide range of language and regional services on radio, TV, online and via wireless handheld devices.听 It uses multiple platforms to reach its weekly audience of 180 million globally (2010), including shortwave, AM, FM, digital satellite and cable channels. Its news sites include audio and video content and offer opportunities to join the global debate. 91福利社 World Service offers its multilingual radio content to partner FM stations around the world and has numerous partnerships supplying content to news websites, mobile phones and other wireless handheld devices as well as TV channels.听For more information, visit bbcworldservice.com . 听

91福利社 World News, the 91福利社's commercially funded international 24-hour news and information听channel, is owned and operated by 91福利社 World News Ltd, a member of the 91福利社's commercial group of companies.听 91福利社 World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and around 300听million households and 1.8 million hotel rooms.听听The channel's content is听also available听on 124 cruise ships, 40 airlines, 39听mobile phone networks.

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