{"id":217062,"date":"2026-04-03T08:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=217062"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:49:44","slug":"love-in-a-time-of-war-for-journalist-and-activist-in-new-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=217062","title":{"rendered":"Love in a time of war for journalist and activist in new documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unlikely love story blossoming in the thick of war provides the backdrop to a new documentary that raises questions about how modern media cover conflict. &#8220;Birds of War&#8221; traces the growing relationship between Syrian activist-cameraman Abd Alkader Habak and Lebanese journalist Janay Boulos, who was working for the BBC in London as Syria&#8217;s civil war unfurled.What began as a strictly professional relationship &#8212; on-the-ground activists were vital for international media whose journalists found it difficult to operate in Syria &#8212; 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