Episode two: Journalist and novelist Atia Abawi on her book A Land of Permanent Goodbyes

Persistence of Vision

English - March 25, 2019 02:08 - 51 minutes - 69.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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A Land of Permanent Goodbyes takes the reader on an odyssey from ISIS-controlled Syria through Turkey and across the Aegean sea. Atia Abawi, the daughter of refugees and a Middle East correspondent for CNN and NBC, leads us through the story of her novel and the reporting, research and imagination that produced it.