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What "The Decameron", a Medieval Italian masterpiece, can tell us about life during a pandemic.

By: Mark McLemore

Featured on the March 26th, 2020 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore: — Fabian Alfie PhD, a professor at the University of Arizona, tells about Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron. It is a masterpiece of Italian medieval literature that can teach contemporary people about surviving a pandemic with hope intact.

— Hear the story of a Tucson resident named Taylor, who followed what he felt was a moral imperative to go to Syria and offer aid. In 2016, he traveled to the war-torn country, initially planning on helping with the country’s infrastructure-- but he quickly found himself in life and death situations. AZPM contributor Sasha Hartzell spoke with Taylor about the unconventional way he became part of a war on the other side of the world.

Source: https://www.azpm.org

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