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Lyse Doucet

Desperately Seeking Wisdom

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The Importance of Friendship in Conflict

Syria was an authoritarian state, but it wasn't a country at war. And then fast forward to 2010, 2011, the Arab Spring and suddenly it descends into the war of our time. "I didn't choose Syria, but I was drawn again to the food, the great food," he says. 'It just happens that, no, it's an element'

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