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Bearing Witness

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D. Parvaz, a journalist covering the uprising in Syria, is arrested and imprisoned.

Tags War Violence Loss Incarceration Empowering Kindness of strangers Crime Grief Harassment Community Serious Thought-provoking Historical

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D. Parvaz

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Bearing Witness

Original Air Date

February 5, 2019

Recorded Date

October 12, 2017

“My colleague is translating and I am not even looking up. I am just in my notebook, furiously not wanting to miss a detail.”

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