What is it like to speak the truth about war when it is present both in your homeland and in the country that has become your second home? What gives you strength to spend almost your entire adult life defending the state, fighting for women’s right to hold combat positions, and making the journey to becoming a platoon commander? What prompts you to make the digital world more accessible for others without seeing it with your own eyes? On this day, the Human Library will bring together people who will share their own experiences of living through war, responsibility, and the internal strength that gives them energy to rise up every day and once again take on their extremely important work — each in their own place.
The 'books' will include:
Said Salam: “I am a Palestinian doctor and international affairs analyst who lived through the war in Syria. Every day, I cover events in Palestine and Ukraine on Arabic-language channels. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Dmytro Popov: “I cannot see, but every day I work to make the online world accessible to everyone. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Yuliia Mykytenko: “I am a woman officer, commander of a UAV infantry reconnaissance platoon, and a veteran. I went to fight in the war because I could not do otherwise. Ask me, and I will tell you what it is like.”
Every day, the Living Library features three 'reading' sessions at 12:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 2:00 p.m., each lasting 50 minutes.
