Essays
Tuesday March 22, 2011
The screwy Saudi security syndrome
Dispatches host Rick MacInnes-Rae remembers a Saudi man in flowing robes approaching him in the street and said the house across the square is headquarters to the notorious Abu Nidal, at the time a wanted terrorist:
"Then he asked if I had any whisky. Screwy moments like that are, frankly, one of the perqs of being a correspondent."
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Laura Lynch, at her home base in Britain. |
And for a female correspondent working Saudi Arabia, the stories can be considerably weirder, especially in a time of unrest, like now, as we hear in this week's guest essay from the CBC's Laura Lynch.
Categories: Essays, Middle East, News Promo, Promo Box, The View from Here
Sunday September 12, 2010
The Essay Project
Dispatches is well known to be a champion of the radio documentary - a craft where expressions like "people are our pictures" and "sounds are our scenes" are prominent. But we also pay deep respect for the oldest of all dispatches. The letter home. The craft of the written word. Short. To the point.
These radio essays spell out personal observations, wrapped in the tone of human voice. Sometimes a little sound punctuates that.
This is a selection of letters home from Canadian correspondents abroad that we've been happy to feature since Dispatches went to air in 2001.
We'll add more from time to time.
Read more »Categories: Essays, Highlights
- March 2011
- Tue., 22 – The screwy Saudi security syndrome
- September 2010
- Sun., 12 – The Essay Project
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