Criminal
06-22-2007, 12:25 PM
http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=335
When he was a teenager, Haider worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was specially trained to talk to visiting dignitaries and foreign reporters, and he loved his job. It was exciting, and he was treated like a celebrity. Then the war broke out, his job disappeared, and Haider suddenly had to figure out what to do next: hide, like his father wanted, or jump into the fray. Plus, other stories about what happens when you strike out into the world.
When he was a teenager, Haider Hamsa worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was specially trained to talk to visiting dignitaries and foreign reporters, and he loved his job. It was exciting, and he was treated like a celebrity. Then the war broke out, his family fled, his job disappeared, and Haider suddenly had to figure out what to do next: hide, like his father wanted, or jump into the fray—in one of the most dangerous ways possible. Gideon Yago tells the story.
See the link for the rest. This is an amazing story. I remember seeing Iraqi teens on World Link TV in a dialog with American kids. They really seemed like normal kids anywhere else. Except that none of them would say anything negative about their own government. It turns out that the reason they would not is because they were coached. The subject of this story is one of those teens.
When he was a teenager, Haider worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was specially trained to talk to visiting dignitaries and foreign reporters, and he loved his job. It was exciting, and he was treated like a celebrity. Then the war broke out, his job disappeared, and Haider suddenly had to figure out what to do next: hide, like his father wanted, or jump into the fray. Plus, other stories about what happens when you strike out into the world.
When he was a teenager, Haider Hamsa worked in the Iraqi Ministry of Information. He was specially trained to talk to visiting dignitaries and foreign reporters, and he loved his job. It was exciting, and he was treated like a celebrity. Then the war broke out, his family fled, his job disappeared, and Haider suddenly had to figure out what to do next: hide, like his father wanted, or jump into the fray—in one of the most dangerous ways possible. Gideon Yago tells the story.
See the link for the rest. This is an amazing story. I remember seeing Iraqi teens on World Link TV in a dialog with American kids. They really seemed like normal kids anywhere else. Except that none of them would say anything negative about their own government. It turns out that the reason they would not is because they were coached. The subject of this story is one of those teens.