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Imagine | Refugee Week 2020

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    [This Refugee Week]
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    [We're inviting you
    to imagine a different world.]
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    Himesh: Imagine a world
    in which compassion for others
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    isn't just a choice,
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    but an obligation.
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    Waad: I imagine a world very different
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    from where my both daughters
    were born into.
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    I dream of hope,
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    of dignity, peace, and justice.
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    Gary: I imagine a world without borders
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    without border guards,
    without barbed wire,
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    without Alsatian dogs,
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    a place where people can live
    and love and roam and work,
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    wherever they see fit.
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    Shrouk: Imagine a country
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    where nobody is denied access to education
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    just because they fled persecution.
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    Ryad: I imagine a future
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    where refugees and locals come together
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    to look after their environment,
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    and where we build community
    by learning and making things together.
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    Taban: I imagine a world
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    where women and girls realize
    that their superpower lies within them,
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    that they can make the change
    and be the change,
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    not only for themselves,
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    but for the wider community around them.
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    Nyaruach: If I could change one thing,
    I would want there to be more love
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    because love creates peace,
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    and it would stop us been forced
    to run away from our countries.
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    Siobhán: I can imagine a world
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    where through education,
    the ballot box and our own actions,
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    we encourage leaders
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    who value each individual life
    regardless of geography.
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    Himesh: Before self-preservation,
    before the pursuit of wealth,
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    or pursuit of this intangible thing
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    that we call success,
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    what if rule number one
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    was to be kind to each other
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    no matter the distance between us?
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    Onjali: It's quite an amazing thing
    that our imaginings can do
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    and amazing places they can take us
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    So come join me,
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    and see what that world might be like.
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    [Imagine]
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    [Refugee Week]
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    [A Virtual Festival - 15-21 June 2020]
Title:
Imagine | Refugee Week 2020
Description:

This Refugee Week (15 – 21 June 2020), we’re inviting you to explore the theme of ‘Imagine’. Because when things feel stuck; when the old ways of doing things are no longer working, that’s what we need to do.

Featuring:
Himesh Patel
Waad Al-Kateab
Gary Younge
Taban Shoresh
Ryad Alsous
Onjali Q. Rauf
Siobhán McSweeney
Nyaruach
Shrouk El-Attar

We commissioned renowned portrait photographer Pål Hansen to produce a series of portrait photographs on the Refugee Week 2020 theme of ‘Imagine’. The final portraits and an accompanying video have been combined with graphic design by London-based design agency BCMH.

Refugee Week is coordinated and produced by Counterpoints Arts.

Subscribe to Counterpoints Arts YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYsXsGQoae0zhSar77zRx_A?sub_confirmation=1

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Video Language:
English
Team:
Amplifying Voices
Project:
Diversity and Equality
Duration:
02:15

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