Thursday, June 27 at 2:00 pm
Amar: Alone in the world
The Documentary Podcast
He was known as “the little boy who lost everything.” In 1991, Amar Kanim’s disfigured face was shown on newspaper front pages around the world, an innocent young victim of Saddam Hussein’s brutal regime. His entire family, it was reported, had died in a napalm attack. The British politician Emma Nicholson found him “alone in the world” during a visit to an aid camp. She took him to the UK. He was, the world assumed, an orphan. So who was the woman claiming he is her son?
To listen to the audio of “Amar: Alone in the World” on BBC DOCUMENTARY online, please click HERE.