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While the Earth Sleeps We Travel
While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World | Ahmed M. Badr
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A groundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth around the world. Foreword by actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller. Beginning in 2018, Ahmed M. Badran Iraqi-American poet and former refugeetraveled to Greece, Trinidad & Tobago, and Syracuse, New York, holding storytelling workshops with hundreds of displaced youth: those living in and outside of camps, as well as those adjusting to life after resettlement. Combining Badrs own poetry with the personal narratives and creative contributions of dozens of young refugees, While the Earth Sleeps We Travel seeks to center and amplify the often unheard perspectives of those navigating through and beyond the complexities of displacement. The result is a diverse and moving collectiona meditation on the concept of "home" and a testament to the power of storytelling.
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“The overlapping elements, including pieces of others telling their own stories, allows me to uncover the underlying story that connects us all.”