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.
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?
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