Villaggio Fire - Shabina S. Khatri, Omar Chatriwala & Julia Mills

Villaggio Fire

By Shabina S. Khatri, Omar Chatriwala & Julia Mills

  • Release Date: 2013-05-28
  • Genre: Middle Eastern History

Description

As images spread across the world - of thick smoke billowing from the mall, of firefighters looking confused and unprepared, of parents breaking down in tears of grief, of lifeless children being pulled from the roof - the question on everyone’s lips was, “why?” "Villaggio Fire: A Tragedy Silenced" offers an in-depth look into one of Qatar's worst tragedies in recent memory. Nineteen people died, most of them small children, in what is largely seen as a preventable fire. After the blaze, media and officials called for action and accountability, but a year later, those voices have all gone quiet.