Migrant Odyssey

This is a story of three worlds. The first is the world in which a very small Sudanese child becomes Irish and learns to speak the Irish language so well that the nuns delighted in showing her skills off to any and all visitors to the school. Then there is the world where a young woman reluctantly went back to war-battered Sudan to study and practise medicine - and where she rediscovered the preciousness of community. And, for that community, she founded an organization to p...

The Nubians were one of the oldest civilisations in the world. From around 3800 BCE, they lived along the Nile in Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt. Their sophistication and power not only rivalled that of Egypt but at one time they actually ruled it. Then in the mid 20th century their ancestral homes disappeared under billions of tons of water - from the giant High Aswan Dam. But - as our guest Sondos Ayoob makes clear - you can take the Nubians out of Nub...

Stephen Barden talks to veteran Palestinian journalist Shuruq about being a war correspondent who never gets to leave the war zone; who is not only at risk personally but constantly fears for her family. And who - despite 30 years as a journalist - is still met with scepticism from western media, because she's not "one of ours". Send us Fan Mail Support the show You know as well as I do that stories about migrants don’t attract big sponsors. Governments are hostile, corporations stay ca...

Clinical psychologist and GBV case worker talks about her experiences in both psychiatric hospitals and refugee camps, dealing with traumas that - as she puts it- "don't repeat - because they never end." Another episode in the mini series listening to voices from Lebanon. Send us Fan Mail Support the show You know as well as I do that stories about migrants don’t attract big sponsors. Governments are hostile, corporations stay cautious, and even NGOs hang on to their tightening bu...

If you want to know a little more about Lebanon than the usual clichés, this is the episode for you. "You have to get back up. There's no time to stay down" This the personal story of Mohammed - why he calls Lebanon his heart's safe space AND "Building the national state prevents violence" This is the story of his work for an extraordinary organization -The Hariri Foundation For Sustainable Human Development. https://hariri-foundation.org/ Sen...