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Journalist Theo Padnos chronicles his captivity in Syria in 'Blindfold'

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Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Theo Padnos about his book “Blindfold: A Memoir of Capture, Torture and Enlightenment,” which tells of the two years he was held captive by an al-Qaeda affiliate group in Syria.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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