The Middle East and countries of the FSU
GMT +2 to GMT +41/2 A guide to listening in English including Egypt (GMT +2) , Eastern Mediterranean, The Middle East Sudan, Gulf States (GMT +3), Iran (GMT +31/2 ), November 2008 – March 2009 and countries of the FSU UAE ( GMT +4) and South Afghanistan (GMT +41/2 )
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² On certain dates, programmes will be replaced at these times. Listen out for BBC World Drama [at 01 past the hour] and World Book Club on the first weekend of each month. English) and partner Spice FM 105.4 FM and 90 FM (Arabic) Bamian 89 FM 02 at 1ºW, and on the north-east beam How to listen (English and Hindi) Lebanon | Beirut 93.1 FM; partner VOL, Konduz 88.1 FM of WorldSpace AfriStar (channel 906) . Kuwait | 100.1 FM (English) and 90.1 Beirut 93.3 FM Faizabad 88.4 FM BBC on FM FM (Arabic); partner Marina 88.8 FM Palestinian Territories | Gaza 107.4 FM, Pol-e Khomri 99.6 FM BBC on the internet BBC World Service programmes can be Qatar | Doha 107.4 FM (Arabic) Hebron 90.9 FM (to be confirmed), Herat 89.2 FM For full schedule and frequency heard on the following frequencies: Jordan | Amman 103.1 FM (Arabic), Ramallah 98.8 FM; partner Radio Gardez 87.9 FM information, visit: bbcworldservice.com Sudan | El Obied 91 FM (Arabic), Ajloun 89.1 FM (Arabic) Bethlehem 2000 106.4 FM Jabal os Saraj 89.1 FM and click on Radio Schedules Khartoum 91 FM (Arabic and English), Mauritania | Nouakchott 106.9 FM Morocco | partner MFM Agadair 96.5 Sheberghan 91 FM For programmes in Arabic, Russian, Port Sudan 91 FM (Arabic), Wad Madani (Arabic), Nouadhibou 102.4 FM (Arabic) FM, Casablanca 103.1 FM, Fez 102.5 FM, Maimana 92.1 FM Persian and Pashto visit: bbcarabic.com; 91.5 FM (Arabic and English) Bahrain | 103.8 FM (Arabic) and 101 FM Marrakech 97.7 FM Taloqan 88.3 FM bbcrussian.com; bbcpersian.com; Iraq | Al Amara 89 FM (Arabic), Al Kut (English) Afghanistan | Kabul 101.6 FM (24 hours Khost 90.1 FM bbcpashto.com 89 FM (Arabic), Baghdad 89 FM (Arabic) Djibouti | 99.2 FM, 103.8 FM (Arabic, a day in English) Ghazni 88.3 FM and 96.9 FM (English), Basra 88 FM English, Somali, French) Kandahar 90 FM Television audiences can follow BBC (English) and 90 FM (Arabic), Kirkuk Somalia | Baidoa 90.8 FM, Beledweyne BBC in Dari, Pashto and Uzbek Lashkar-Gah 89.2 FM World News’s coverage of global events 92.9 FM (Arabic), Salhuddin Mosul/Erbil 88.4 FM, Bossaso 88.2 FM, Hargeisa 89 BBC is available in FM in Dari, Pashto at bbcworldnews.com 96 FM (Arabic), Shomaly 90 FM (Arabic), FM (Arabic, English, Somali), Jowhar and Uzbek on the following stations BBC on satellite Sulaimaniya 92.5 FM (Arabic), Suq 89.7 FM, Kismaayo 90.5 FM, Marka 95.1 (with English 0000-0500 local time): BBC World Service programmes can be Ashuyukh 100 FM (Arabic) FM and 89.7 FM, Mogadishu 91.9 FM, Kabul 89 FM heard on Hot Bird 8 at 13° East, Nilesat UAE | Abu Dhabi 90.3 FM (Arabic and Mogadishu | partner Horn Afrik 99.9 FM Mazar-e Sharif 89 FM (channel 33), Arabsat 3A (channel 16), English), Dubai 87.9 FM (Arabic and South Sudan | Juba 88.2 FM (English) Jalalabad 89 FM Orbit (channel 81 or 62),on Intelsat 10-