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Sting's New Song For Refugee Hardships

Most people recognize the name Sting and his long career in the music industry. This week, Sting has just released a new album, which includes a song called “Inshalla...

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Gender

Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate

When I call FadumoDayib, she tells me she's in the middle of a school run and driving her car. Straight away I notice her way with words; the way she pauses to choose the r...

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Alternative Entertainment

A Cry From The Mountains, With Echoes In The Cities

The story of Hindi poet Mangalesh Dabral, who was born in Tehri Garhwal in 1948 but for most of his career as a journalist lived and worked in Delhi, is the story of Uttara...

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Alternative Entertainment

Neil Frahm, Woodkid, Robert De Niro And Jr Collaborate On Refugee Aid Project

Artists Nils Frahm, Woodkid and JR have teamed up on a project featuring spoken word from Robert De Niro, starring the actor as an immigrant reflecting on his experience as...

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Hollywood

Divergent's Theo James Visits Refugee Camps In Greece

This week actor Theo James travelled to Greece on his first visit with UNHCR ahead of World Refugee Day. Theo has a very personal story that connects him to the refugee sit...

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Alternative Entertainment

Tangled, Toronto’s First Accessible Art Gallery For Disabled Artists, Is Bringing The Outsiders In

Outsider art – a term coined in 1972 by British art historian Roger Cardinal –was often displayed in the 1970s without the artist’s name, who was rarely e...

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Hollywood

Ricky Martin Meets Refugee Children In Lebanon

World-renowned singer and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ricky Martin calls for increased focus on safeguarding the futures of millions of children affected by the Syria confli...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Honesty Or Racism?

It’s a hot topic right now—millions of refugees from Islamic countries flocking to Europe and tilting the population balance. Already, prophets of doom are pred...

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Festivals

Syrian Teen's 9-Minute Doc Hits Cannes, Sundance, L.A. Film Fest

Khaldiya Jibawi dreams of being a documentary filmmaker. And she's off to a great start. The 18-year-old Syrian refugee made her first film in a refugee camp in Jordan, and...

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Human Rights

Refugee Children Are Five Times More Likely To Be Out Of School Than Others

A new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, jointly released by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) ahead ...

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