Tune in to listen to an episode where Lorraine, Alpha, Sonia, and Clay reflect on the intakes and lessons from the episodes from Series 1 of the podcast Voices of Resilience. This episode presents the vision and mission of the Migration Summit,

Voices of Resilience: Nassim Majidi

Mar 16th, 2023 29m 3s

On this week’s episode, we spoke to Nassim Majidi. She is a researcher and the co-founder of Samuel Hall, a social enterprise dedicated to conducting research on migration and forced displacement in Asia, Africa, and Europe with the goal of inf

Voices of Resilience: Marieke Slovin & Sarah Reader Harris

Mar 9th, 2023 46m 2s

Everyone has a story and each story needs a way of expression. For some, it is poetry, for others through music. Marieke and Sarah create both poetry and music with the refugee community at a refugee center in Belgium. The safe space they creat

Voices of Resilience: Baraah Ramadan

Mar 2nd, 2023 22m 33s

When war broke out in Syria, 31-year-old Baraah Ramadan hoped that she would, somehow, still be able to live in her home and lead an ordinary life. However, when a bomb nearly struck her house, she realized she needed to flee to a safer environ

Voices of Resilience: Suha Nabhan

Feb 23rd, 2023 36m 1s

Suha has been working on raising awareness and empowering migrants and refugees around the world for many years. She is passionate about storytelling and she finds inspiration and strength in the stories of the people she works with every day.

Voices of Resilience: Nael Yasri

Feb 16th, 2023 23m 8s

Upon completing his Ph.D. at Brunel University in London in 2001, Nael Yasri was excited to return home to Syria. He was looking forward to being surrounded by his culture and playing his part in bringing quality education to his community. Aft

Voices of Resilience: Ziad Chaer

Feb 9th, 2023 27m 3s

Ziad is a 26-year-old young man from Syria. He is currently residing in Germany, learning the language, and studying to get his degree in medicine and work as a physician. He graduated from the MIT ReACT Computer and Data Science programme in 2

Voices of Resilience: Alnarjes Harba

Feb 2nd, 2023 24m 15s

At the age of 12, Alnarjes Harba was forced to flee her home in Syria after it had been bombed seven times She then led her mother to a refugee camp in Lebanon. While in Lebanon, she lived in extremely difficult conditions. Despite this, Alnar

Voices of Resilience: Ahmad Abu Horan

Jan 26th, 2023 30m 4s

Ahmad is originally from Syria. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in Iraq where he works as an English instructor and accountant. His dream is to become a grammarian and specialize in English syntax. The story he shares with us in t

The Story of Na'amal

Jan 19th, 2023 35m 53s

Na’amal was born out of Lorraine’s research about digitalization, employment, and the economic situation of refugees in the Middle East. We knew that there was a better way for refugees to earn a living and overcome the precarious conditions an

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Voices of Resilience Trailer

Dec 12th, 2022 3m 55s

In this trailer episode, we hear from the founder of Na'amal, Lorraine Charles. She shares her vision of the podcast and what we aim to achieve using the medium of voice to share stories of resilience from refugees and other displaced people.

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