In the summer of 2022, a group of journalists on the Refugee Journalism Project worked a BBC journalist and students from London College of Communication in a series of audio-storytelling workshops. The group, made up… Read More »Others Unheard: The podcast
I was raised by a strong woman passionate about languages, writing stories and poetry. My mom was an Algerian who went to Syria to study Arabic literature and then met my dad. She used to… Read More »Greed, oppression, and discrimination stabbed us with a knife, but we rise
by Douna Haj Ahmed An irrefutable fact that can never be denied says nothing is certain in this life but death. I am Douna, a Syrian girl, born and raised in DeirEzzor, a city in… Read More »“Dawn has always been a time of terror”
The Story Behind Integrate That! by Abdulwahab Tahhan If you turn on your TV or pick up a newspaper, you might find some stories about refugees in Europe. Most of these stories are not… Read More »Integrate That!
by Hasnaa Omar You might wonder about those Syrian refugees drowning in the sea as they try to reach European countries in a rubber boat carrying many families, women and children. Why take this… Read More »Seeking freedom from the refugee camps
Two years into the war in Syria, Abdulwahab Tahhan left his home in Aleppo for good. Before he embarked on a risky journey to the UK in 2012, he worked as a fixer in Turkey.… Read More »In Conversation: Abdulwahab Tahhan
More than a mentoring scheme, the Refugee Journalism Project primarily aims to place and offer job opportunities and experience to exiled journalists in the UK. Fardous Bahbouh, a participant talks about a recent project she… Read More »Using theatre to empower refugees
Photojournalist Sara Furlanetto worked with three participants on the presented video. Asked to answer to the question “What is journalism in the context of your life?”, they wrote a personal text, each sharing personal stories… Read More »The value of journalism
Fardous Bahbouh writes about her experiences of volunteering in the UK Excitement and anticipation were at high levels at the busy St Pancras International station, as Khaled and Mazen (pseudonyms for two Syrian child refugees)… Read More »What I’ve gained from volunteering with refugees
