In Farsi, haarf means to “talk.” And that’s just what Iranian-Israeli singer Liraz Charhi wants all sides to do in the Middle East, where tensions remain high. Liraz sings about the danger of false narratives swirling around social media, and rhetoric that creates divisions. The World’s Host Marco Werman tells us more.
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