Anita McNaught has been a journalist for more than 20 years, living and working all over the Pacific, Europe, South East Asia and now the Middle East. She was educated in the UK and trained in television in New Zealand.
In 2007 and 2008 she was mainly based in Iraq, and is now working out of Istanbul, Turkey. Anita says her base is proving the most extraordinary vantage point to cover the new power dynamics of this century.
Ahmed Wasfi, in charge of the military's operations in Port Said, is one officer most people seem to especially like.
The anxiety, and the fear, is palpable. The people of this area are all too aware of what is coming. This, they say, is going to be the "next Homs".
<P>We wanted striking, distinctive images of local people in Juba registering to vote in the January 11 referendum on a day when all police had been ordered to register and dozens were lined up under a tree in bright turquoise uniforms. <BR>So we drove up to the registration desk, piled out of the car and I went over to ask for the "person in charge". <BR>That’s when the trouble started.</P>
<P>While Dervishes are generally associated with Turkey, our correspondent in Khartoum is entranced by an order of Sufis that could only be Sudanese in its spontaneity, diversity – and its fine rhythm.</P>
<p>What event in Turkey today has captured public attention and hijacked the political agenda? Not the referendum.</p> <p> </p>
