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On Being with Krista Tippett
The speaker discussed David Ignatius's novel, "Agents of Innocence," highlighting how Ignatius, having experienced the bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, used fiction to express truths he couldn't convey in journalism.
and starting you know just as a way to express himself Muhammad Hanif on the other hand started you know I want to investigate the death of Zia Lakh and I want to you know find out who killed him in t...
— Episode: [Unedited] Mohammed Fairouz with Krista...
Episode: [Unedited] Mohammed Fairouz with Krista Tippett
The speaker discussed David Ignatius's novel, "Agents of Innocence," highlighting how Ignatius, having experienced the bombing of the US embassy in Beirut, used fiction to express truths he couldn't convey in journalism.
and starting you know just as a way to express himself Muhammad Hanif on the other hand started you know I want to investigate the death of Zia Lakh and I want to you know find out who killed him in that and he in and like any young journalist this is going to be my big story this is going to be the one that really makes my career.
Episode: [Unedited] Mohammed Fairouz with Krista Tippett
The book, written by David Ignatius, was discussed as a work of fiction that allowed the author to tell truths he couldn't convey through journalism after his experiences in Beirut, including the bombing of the U.S. embassy and censorship surrounding the event. It was presented as an example of how fiction can convey reality more effectively than journalistic reporting.
and both of them coming from different angles. I mean David Ignatius being in Beirut at the time that the US embassy exploded losing his friends going and trying to report on it being told you can't report on this and creating that novel agents of innocence
