2021 Christmas Special - The First Refugees

We're starting a new holiday tradition, an episode focused on refugees and other humanitarian issues in Syria.

 

As early as 2011, tens of thousands of people were forced to flee the country. Today, more than six million displaced Syrians are demonized by hateful individuals and political movements all over the world.

 

Mesud (@MaybeMesud on Twitter) describes how he and his family were forced to leave Aleppo and the challenges they faced not only during the journey but also while establishing a new life in Turkey.

 

Sources

“Nearly 10,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey,” Yahoo! News

https://web.archive.org/web/20110623163253/https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110617/wl_mideast_afp/syriaviolenceturkeyrefugees_20110617130011

 

Music licensing

Fragments by Nomyn https://soundcloud.com/nomyn

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Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/ndyyIhwojys

 

Ultimate Metal by Loyalty Freak

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