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2000s: Reporting from a war zone is darker than you think…
The Shot
What you need to know before your trail
Samira is an up-and-coming TV journalist, working the nightshift at a major news channel and yearning for greater things. So when she’s offered a trip to the Middle East, with Kris, the station’s brilliant but impetuous star photographer, she leaps at the chance
In the field together, Sami and Kris feel invincible, shining a light into the darkest of corners … except the newsroom, and the rest of the world, doesn’t seem to care as much as they do. Until Kris takes the photograph.
With a single image of young Sudanese mother, injured in a raid on her camp, Sami and the genocide in Darfur are catapulted into the limelight. But everything is not as it seems, and the shots taken by Kris reveal something deeper and much darker … something that puts not only their careers but their lives in mortal danger.
Locations
Reset- Middle East
- A: Iraq - Baghdad
- B: Afghanistan airport kabul
- Africa- Sudan
- C: Darfur - Gereida
Travel Guide
Middle East and Sudan
The themes of the book are hard hitting and the settings in the Middle East are central to the story. We move between Baghdad, Afghanistan and then Sudan.
The locations are harsh and raw. This is a horrifying look at war reporting and how people live and survive in those environments. The atrocities which happen here and how they are reported to the rest of the world are hard to read but necessary and sadly relevant in today’s world.Later in the book, Sami heads to the Sudan. In Darfur with the UNCHR we learn of the story of genocide, war crimes and everything in between.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Shot
Destination/Location: Middle East, Sudan Author:Sarah Sultoon Departure: 2000s
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