Political resistance and personal trauma; dehumanisation and the notion of “home”; we talk to Amir Darwish, a British-Syrian poet of Kurdish origin, about the life of a writer in exile. Featuring music from Kalochori, a refugee camp in...
The poet, Shirin Razavian, talks about her life and work on the launch of a new book celebrating 20 years of Exiled Writers Ink. “Resistance- Voices of Exiled Writers” is available now from Palewell Press. Shirin Razavian: British poet...
Performances by Senegalese musician Khadim Sarr; poets Ali Abdolrezai and Abol Froushan; and artist Hong Dam. With the young people of Bandbazi.
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Ugandan poet, Jade Amoli-Jackson talks to Refugee Radio about her forthcoming book, Moving a Country, her life in Uganda and her work as a volunteer in the UK
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Refugee Radio Live at the Red Roaster Coffee House in Brighton, 2013 with the Ugandan poet, Jade Amoli-Jackson, Sudanese poets Osama Ahmadani and Al-Saddiq Al-Radio. With Kurdish folk music from Zewa and Heval.
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Preview featuring the Ugandan poet, Jade Amoli-Jackson, Sudanese poet Osama Ahmadani, Kate Adams and Kurdish folk music from Zewa and Heval.
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Refugee poetry from Ugandan writer Jade Amoli Jackson and Kurdish Iraqi journalist in exile Aso Mohammed including his incredibly heartbreaking poems “Letter from a Dead Mother” and “Waiting”. With Ethiopian music from...
The writer and activist, Kate Adams, reads from her new book inspired by her experiences as a volunteer visitor with refugees and asylum seekers
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Interview and readings from Ali Abolrezaei, banned from teaching and public speaking in Iran because of his writing, and Abol Froushan, one of the most important thinkers in post-exile literature. Ali Abdolrezaei Biography: Ali...