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Dervish is with Andrew Drury a journalist and film-maker with a passion for meeting, interviewing, and getting to the truth around events that have captured the attention of the world

Over the last year, Andy has been the person Shamima Begum, the teenager from East London who travelled to Syria to join ISIS  has been talking to, and he shares an insight into the person behind the headlines.

He also talks to Dervish about some of his interviews and experiences from travelling the world and what its really like being  in extreme situations with extreme individuals

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Shamima was radicalised at age thirteen
• I'm interviewing Assad the Syrian President next, it will be his first interview in seven years
• My new film ‘Danger Zone' is finished and will come out this year
• With the radicalisation of Shamima someone is responsible for it, at thirteen she was just a schoolgirl and the question is why did no one stop her? In my eyes, she's a victim herself
• The question is how do you become British?
• Shamima was born in England but her father is from Bangladesh so the question is how many generations does it take to prove you are British?
• We betrayed a whole nation and we don't care because we choose who we feel sorry for
• The number of people lost in the twin towers happens at least twice over every year in Somali
• Because it's a different race we don't understand we don't think or care about it
• When you travel to war zones and see the reality for people it's understandable that they want a better life for themselves and their children
• The girls in the camps are leaving and they are being repatriated
• There are British girls who have done deals with the Government to come back
• In Mogadishu, my bodyguard was blown up and killed
• I've been to places where suicide attacks have happened
• The Klu Klax Klan love to watch Downton Abbey

BEST MOMENTS

‘The people who are in refugee camps are the people who can't afford to get out'

‘We say we aren't racist as a country but we are because we don't care if a race we don't recognise has a big loss'

‘Currently she is stateless and that's against her human rights'

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ABOUT THE HOST

Dervish is a Spacecraft Designer and a Mechanical Engineer by day and podcaster by night.

As a Spacecraft Designer, he has worked on some of the biggest space projects and is a creative engineering force always interested in projects that involve solving global challenges.

As a podcaster, he brings together fascinating stories and content from those who are at the heart of the classic and supercar worlds with a hint of design and engineering woven into the mix.

He has a passion for classic cars and supercars and has recently built his own Triumph TR3  junior electric car for his son. When he is not involved with cars he loves restoring antique and vintage items.

CONTACT DETAILS

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