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The Documentary: Regarding the pain of others

Regarding the pain of others

20/11/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, Regarding the pain of others

The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it

The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it.

BBC special correspondent Allan Little addresses the gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it from afar. His mission as a reporter has been to convey the experiences of people in the midst of war, to draw attention to injustices; to celebrate acts of heroism. So what stops us the listener or viewer, from engaging?

Inspired by the philosopher Susan Sontag's essay.

(Photo: Smoke rising from targets inside Syria during a bombardment by Turkish forces at Ras al-Ein town. Credit: EPA)

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