Midweek: guests include Izzeldin Abuelaish 23 Feb 11




Midweek: Diverse Conversation show

Summary: This week Libby Purves is joined by Eva Petulengro, one of the last generation of true Romany gypsies who has written a book 'The Girl in the Painted Caravan' telling of her childhood on the road; Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian doctor and infertility expert who witnessed the deaths of his three daughters and neice when their home in Gaza was shelled; Rebecca Peyton is the sister of Kate Peyton, the BBC producer who was shot dead in Mogadishu, Somalia, on assignment; and Mark Todd, Chief Executive of Ocean Youth Trust South which takes over 450 young people sailing each year, two thirds from disadvantaged and vulnerable backgrounds.