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Promo: Humanizing the refugee story through fiction

Yesterday in our special "No Way Home: Children and the Refugee Crisis," we heard from children in Beirut, in Rome, as well as a few who have made their way to Canada. Tomorrow, we look at the refugee experience through the lens of literature with novelists Tasneem Jamal, Kim Thuy and Lawrence Hill.
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"One of the things a novelist can do is to add the depth of empathy... to humanize the situation", says novelist Lawrence Hill on what writers can do to help bring the refugee story to light. (CBC Books)
The Current3:55Promo: Humanizing the refugee story through fiction

There have been so many stories over the past year, including here on this show about the ongoing crisis of refugees, escaping war and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Africa. 

In fact, there's a danger for all of us, all the media coverage can begin to run together.

Yesterday on The Current we brought you a special program, full of the stories of one group of refugees whose voices stand out -- because they are the most vulnerable. 

Tomorrow, we're planning on bringing you a different perspective on the refugee experience again tomorrow on The Current.  This time through the lens of literature  

Anna Maria will be joined by three authors: Lawrence Hill, whose new book is "The Illegal"; Tasneem Jamal, author of "Where the Air is Sweet"; and Kim Thuy, Governer General award-winning author in fiction for her book "Ru".

Join us on Thursday for our conversation on the humanizing power of fiction in telling the refugee story. 
 

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