Ahmed Badr — Challenging the Refugee Narrative
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English - May 22, 2017 09:00 - 39 minutes - 44.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 354 ratingsNon-Profit Business Health & Fitness Mental Health activism branden good goodness happy harvey health hope inspire internet Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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When Ahmed Badr was 8 years old, his family's home in Baghdad was bombed. He and his family became refugees and moved to Syria. After living in Syria for two years, they applied for a UN Refugee resettlement program and were placed in the United States.
Ahmed is the founder of Narratio, a platform for creative expression that seeks to create empathy and alleviate childhood illiteracy by empowering youth through the publishing of poetry, photography, art and narrative. Ahmed is also a published writer, photographer, and poet. With work appearing on the Instagram blog, HuffPost, Adobe, and others, Ahmed explores the intersection between creativity, the refugee experience, and youth empowerment.