Original version

BBC World Service News Internet

Migrated podcast image for: Outlook

Outlook

Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Outlook: The child who saved my life – and vanished

Magazines & Reviews

The child who saved my life – and vanished

25/06/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Outlook, The child who saved my life – and vanished

The story of an 11-year-old Iraqi girl and the man whose life she inadvertently saved

How 11-year-old Souad saved documentary maker Hogir Hirori from a helicopter crash in Iraq.

When so-called Islamic State attacked northern Iraq, Hogir Hirori - a documentary maker and refugee from the region - went back there to record what was going on. He came across a young girl who was seriously ill, and decided to drop everything to help her. But then she vanished. And Hogir now had a mystery to solve. He's made a film about what happened called The Girl Who Saved My Life.  

You might catch Thomas Panek running through a park in Westchester County, just outside New York City. He’s confident, with a dog running alongside him. But this is a partnership that’s unusual because Thomas isn’t leading the dog, the dog is leading him. Thomas is blind and through his running, ended up making history. Outlook’s Jason Strother went for a run with him. 

88-year-old Hsi-huang Chen is one of the few traditional puppet masters left in Taiwan. Known as Budaixi, traditional puppet theatre is a kind of epic opera performed with glove puppets on a portable ornate wooden stage. For centuries, Budaixi was one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Taiwan, until modern forms of entertainment won people over. Despite his age, Mr. Chen is on a mission to save Budaixi from extinction. Outlook's Cindy Sui went to meet him.

Image: Souad
Credit: Hogir Hirori

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Outlook

The child who saved my life – and vanished

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service News Internet

About BBC World Service