"The little girl's question sank his heart. How would my colleague, Hatem, explain to his daughter that there are no pomegranates, and barely any flour?"
"Starving her little stomach as a weapon? Geographic luck is why I am safe, why I have clean water, a fridge full of food."
"The starvation is not a byproduct of genocide - it is the genocide; deliberate, calculated and human-made."
"What words could ever be enough? What sentence could capture the feeling of watching an entire people slowly vanish?"
A little girl’s innocent question about pomegranates highlights the grim reality of starvation faced by children in conflict zones. Hatem, a father, struggles to explain the lack of food in a world where geographic luck provides others with safety and resources. As the UN reports catastrophic hunger levels, there is a sense of guilt among those observing the suffering. Starvation is presented as a calculated act, a form of genocide. The emotional toll is immense as the challenge of adequately expressing this suffering feels insurmountable.
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