Hurricane Harvey

The BBC Arabic spent a lot of time on Hurricane Harvey. They sent their correspondent Luqman Ahmed to Houston. They showed the flooding, mused as to whether this disaster would increase concern over global warming, and showed people gathering in shelters and organizing all the supplies.

While Luqman was out and about giving his report, a group of teenaged boys went walking far back in the scene. They got pretty engrossed when they saw the camera, and one of them kept coming back and waving his hand. I'm willing to bet that kid has no idea he ended up on the Arabic news.

Eclipse

The BBC Arabic carried the August 21 eclipse live. They had lots of coverage of it, and sent their USA-based correspondent to Nashville to witness it.

The name of the correspondent is Luqman Ahmed. I really like him, because I've seen him now for so many years, and his voice and face and demeanor are comfortable and familiar. Here he is above at the height of totality.

And here below, cheesing really hard:

25 million Americans have traveled to witness the eclipse, he kept exclaiming. There's eclipses in other parts of the world, too, but the Americans are the most excited.

Look at that sky. And the glasses come back out.