Play It Forward Episode 544 With Nora Nues Muhammad Najem War Reporter

Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 10 p.m.

This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 544 With Author And Journalist Nora Nues MUHAMMAD NAJEM, WAR REPORTER In 2018 CNN Reporter Nora Neus stumbled across the twitter feed from Muhammad Najem, a 15-year-old Syrian using social media to tell his story in any way he could. He was only eight years old when the war in Syria began. He was thirteen when his beloved Baba, his father, was killed in a bombing while praying. By fifteen, Muhammad didn’t want to hide anymore—he wanted to act. He was determined to reveal what families like his were enduring in Syria: bombings by their own government and days hiding in dark underground shelters.