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Culture #60

ILR 3 · Culture & religion · radio essay · broadcast recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central reflection on war photography?
Question 2 of 6What question does the essay say the photographer faces?
Question 3 of 6Why does the author note that "the child on the beach didn't agree to become a symbol"?
Question 4 of 6What does swiping "over death as we swipe over pictures of food" convey?
Question 5 of 6Why does the author still oppose stopping photography?
Question 6 of 6According to the final line, when is an image "complete"?
Vocabulary
الرُّكَامrubble
الْجَرِيحwounded
ضَمِيرconscience
الْمَأْسَاةtragedy
يَنْتَهِكُviolates
كَرَامَةdignity
رَمْزًاa symbol
تُبَلِّدُ الْإِحْسَاسdulls feeling
نُمَرِّرُ الْإِبْهَامَwe swipe our thumbs
تَهُزُّshakes
يَتَجَاهَلُهُignores it
تَكْتَمِلُis completed