We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled

Wendy Pearlman 2017

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
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Our Take

Pearlman collected testimonies from Syrian refugees and arranged them chronologically from the first protests to the exodus. The voices are individual — a teacher, a student, a mother — and together they form a chorus of displacement that no single narrative could achieve.

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