Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,03 Oct 2012,10 mins

Syria and The Philippines

From Our Own Correspondent

Available for over a year

Pascale Harter introduces two pieces bringing insights from Syria and The Philippines. Lyse Doucet believes that sometimes the smallest of places can tell a bigger story. In this instance, she has visited Barzeh in Damascus three times in the past year. At first Damascus seemed to be in a bubble, but now conflict has arrived. Food in The Phillipines does not have a great reputation, according to Kate McKeown. But she says that this might be changing as chefs are bringing new twists to traditional dishes.

Programme Website
More episodes