Migrant Odyssey
This series is specifically aimed at helping to change the current fear-ridden attitude of the wealthy world to migrants, as well as to grant the migrants themselves (be they refugees or economic and climate driven) a voice of self confidence and pride.
We'll be talking to extraordinary people who are transforming themselves and their host countries, with courage and ingenuity.-
If the title of the podcast is “Migrant Odyssey”, its spirit is certainly “Too big to contain”.
Your podcast host is Stephen Barden
Episodes
17 episodes
Lex Takkenberg - 30 years in the most scrutinised of all UN agencies
From the frontlines of one of the world's most enduring humanitarian crises comes a story of extraordinary dedication. Dr Lex Takkenberg takes us through his extraordinary four-decade journey working with refugees and displaced pers...
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54:36
Ahmad's story: from sight to insight
Ahmad Jaafil shares his story of extraordinary and persistent willpower, He talks matter of factly about his severe and rare eye disease and the horrendous struggle to try and save his sight- in Lebanon and then the USA. If yo...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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48:16
One stitch - A World of Meaning
This is the story of Hajar - a young woman with Palestinian and Lebanese parents - who understands that her people are woven together - not just by ideologies or politics or even the yearning for a safe homeland but by their stories. The ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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49:56
"Our existence as Palestinians challenges a whole universe that supports the occupation"
Can standing on a rooftop in a refugee camp be the starting point of a journey toward empowerment and change? This episode of "Migrant Odyssey" features Manal, a dedicated social worker and the founder of the Kayani Foundation, that support Pal...
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45:13
Maqluba: the upside down dish that is life on the West Bank
Life on the West Bank is upside down for Palestinians. They have little of rights on their land that they have lived on for centuries. The towns that they do live in cannot grow because they are being strangled by encroaching Israeli sett...
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45:59
"Even If what stays of Gaza is rubble. The rubble will be my home"
This episode is extraordinary not just because Tareq - a young man from Gaza - has an extraordinary story to tell, but because as he tells it , one can hear each stage of his life unfiltered. He is able to express what Tareq the child fel...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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28:49
Rowan from the West Bank: "I lost my sense of fear - and that's scary."
Imagine navigating the complex layers of survivor's guilt while fostering a beacon of innovation amidst the ricochet of conflict. Join us as we welcome Rowan, a resilient Palestinian businesswoman and engineer from the West Bank, who shares an ...
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57:19
We're not the cause of the wars that we flee. So why punish us as if we are?
Stellah Nikuze is the daughter of Rwanda genocide survivors. Born and brought up in the Kyaka 11 refugee camps in Uganda, she has emerged as a fierce advocate of refugees and the voiceless. Educated in classrooms with more than 100 chi...
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34:09
Sofia's odyssey: From Ukraine to Berlin via London and Israel
This is the story of Sofia - a Ukrainian refugee now living in Berlin. After living in Israel , she and her Israel husband went back to Ukraine a few months before the war with Russia in 2022, to be with her mother and grandmo...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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39:52
The Survival Centre: The Berlin Trauma Centre helping refugees survive their survival.
Refugees seek refuge and shelter. Safety from being brutalised, from the trauma of witnessing and experiencing acts of terror and horror. But also a haven where they can retrieve their sense of humanity and self worth, without...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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32:10
Zoya: Palestinian warrior for peace and kindness
This is the story of Zoya, born into a world of upheaval, chaos, and strife and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon - as was her father and grandfather. Equally important, this is also the story of a young woman's journey to t...
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40:02
Running with Blood
This is the story of Janvier Hafasha – originally from the Rutshuru zone of north Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now living in the Kyaka refugee settlement in Uganda. Janvier is one of nearly 400,000 people (according to the U...
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44:46
Decoding the Narrative: Peter Ruhenstroth Bauer on the Global Refugee Crisis and Germany's Response
Ready to have your perspective shaken and stirred? Join me, Stephen Barden, as I sit down with Peter Ruhenstroth Bauer, the Head of the UN's Refugee organization in Germany. I hope this episode will help provide a global perspective of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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27:20
This is what Resilience looks like: Okello Joseph's Life from Refugee to Filmmaker
Prepare yourself for a gripping narrative that will take you from the conflict-stricken areas of South Sudan to the mud-walled houses of Kakuma refugee camp, and ultimately to the heart of Germany. Our guest, Okello Joseph, shares his riveting ...
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37:34
Mohammed Salim's Journey: Grit and Hope in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
Journey with us as we peel back the layers of life in the world's largest refugee camp - Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, through the lens of one of its residents. Mohammed Selim Khan, a Rohingya refugee himself, unravels the life he has known since 1...
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