By kind permission of Nathan Sam Long
A short documentary about Syria, refugees and rap. Samir (13), Abdul Rahman (12) and Mohammed (9) fled Syria for their lives. As refugees in Lebanon, they discovered rap music as an outlet for the loss and pain that they had experienced, a way to rationalise the violence they had witnessed, and a beacon of hope in a bleak and dangerous future. The film was shot in the Bekaa Valley in December 2015, and screened on the BBC and MPC.
Director - Nathan Sam Long; Director of Photography - Michael Lagerwey; Producer - Hannah Salvanes McLean; Music - Luis Issermann

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It’s world refugee week. According to UNHCR and 2018 figures, there are 68.5million forcibly displaced people worldwide with 25.4million refugees.
I help run a small charity called Elmbridge CAN which supports refugees in the local area. We set it up by accident, almost. A group of us who had connected on Facebook met up in a local pub in late 2015, wanting to do something about the horror stories we were hearing in the media about what people fleeing the war in Syria were having to go through.
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Find out more about Our Second Home, a transnational youth movement that empowers migrants and refugees to flourish in the place that they call home.
We recently visited the camp in Calais, formerly known as the Jungle, to follow the work of Care For Calais there and in Brussels.
This Wednesday 14th November, in collaboration with City Circle London https://www.thecitycircle.com/events/969-humanity-rising-in-the-refugee-crisis and SOAS University, we will be screening Humanity Rising in the Refugee Crisis.
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Since January 2017, Tools for Inner Peace has been volunteering in Bekaa valley, Lebanon, delivering yoga and relaxation techniques to Syrian women and children
