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As the world teeters between digital distraction and deepening disinformation, Heidi Kingstone, a veteran foreign affairs journalist and author of Dispatches from the Kabul Café (2015), reminds us that the role of the journalist, not just as a recorder of facts but as a witness to humanity’s triumphs and atrocities, has never been more vital. From the alleys of Kabul to the killing fields of Rwanda, from genocide memorials to refugee camps, she has borne witness not to headlines, but to heartbreak and resilience. Her stories, shaped not by sensationalism but by sincerity, challenge us to resist the temptation of forgetting.
In an age when truth is too often traded for virality, Kingstone’s work calls us back to the essence of journalism: to listen, to illuminate, and, above all, to remember. Because as she reminds us, history doesn’t just repeat, it forgets. And unless we keep telling these stories, so will we.