BBC World Service - Outlook

Iraqi Doctor Ordered to Maim Deserters

Munjed al-Muderis was forced to flee Iraq after refusing to mutilate army deserters

Stories from the past year of people in conflict

Pakistani sisters Gulalai and Saba Ismail were brought up to fight for equality

Sara Shamma is a Syrian artist living in exile in Lebanon

Jo Fidgen meets an artist whose husband took credit for her paintings

Alex Lewis, a British man who caught a cold and in weeks had lost all his arms and legs

Survivors of tiger attacks, three-toed sloths and the rescue of a baby elephant

Tales of loss, and extraordinary survival, from the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh

Scottish actor Alan Cumming on the family secrets that have shaped his life.

Dr Sasa is bringing healthcare to one of Myanmar's poorest regions