What Lyse Doucet Has Learned from 40 Years Reporting From War Zones, Live
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet. I'm senior producer Mia Sorenti. What does it take to understand the conflict through the lives of the people caught inside it? Today's episode is from our recent live event with BBC chief international correspondent Lise Dusset. For nearly four decades, Dusset has reported from some of the world's most consequential conflicts, from Afghanistan and the Middle East to Ukraine and most recently in Iran.
She joined us at Union Chapel to reflect on career spent reporting from the front lines and on the importance of telling the human stories that can be lost amid the politics of war. Dusset also discusses her women's prize-winning book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul, which tells the story of modern Afghanistan through the Intercontinental Hotel, and the people who kept it running through invasion, civil war, and the return of the Taliban. Let's join our host, historian and author Peter Frankopan, live at Union Chapel. Thank you, Mia, thank you, Intelligence Squared, thank you all for uh giving up your evening tonight to come and join us. Uh when I got asked whether I come and talk to speak with Lise this evening, Lise is one of my
favourite people in the world and she is one of all of your favourite people in the world otherwise you'd be you'd be watching the Carlin Cup or something on the on the TV instead. So th thank you for joining us. Lise is one of those rare people who really needs no introduction. You will hear her see her regularly on the BBC where she is chief international correspondent and I think In a world where where glory sometimes gets given up too easily, Lise is what all of us would call a legend.
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