'Five years of suffering:' Journalist Janine di Giovanni on everyday life in Syria
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In 2012, journalist Janine di Giovanni travelled to Syria to document a country on the precipice of war. By that point, those clamouring for democracy were already the target of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Citizens were tortured, raped and killed.
"This five years of suffering, of starvation, of killing, of maiming, of wounding has got to stop."
-Janine di Giovanni, journalist
In her new book, The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria, Janine di Giovanni details a country's grinding descent into a conflict that will leave its scars on that society for generations to come.
That's really horrible, when people become immune to the sights and sounds of war. When you take away all normality for people —and they have to wait in line six, seven, eight hours to get a loaf of bread— what they are reduced to is their very basic needs, which is to eat, to sleep, to be safe. And that's all they're trying to do.- Janine Di Giovanni, journalist
On The Current, di Giovanni shares stories of everyday experiences in Syria that are astonishing, and important to hear.
'How can you live your life, in a comfortable life, knowing our fellow human beings are suffering to such an extent? Most people have no idea.-Janine Di Giovanni, journalist
- Janine di Giovanni, veteran war journalist and author of The Morning They Came For Us: Dispatches from Syria.
This segment was produced by Lara O'Brien.