Ahmed M. Badr While the Earth Sleeps We Travel

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Agroundbreaking collection of poetry, personal narratives, and art from refugee youth around the world. Foreword by actor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller.Beginning in 2018,Ahmed M. Badran Iraqi-American poet and former refugeetraveled to Greece, Trinidad & Tobago, and Syracuse, New York, holding storytelling workshops with hundreds of displaced youth: those living in and outside of camps, as well as those adjusting to life after resettlement.Combining Badr's own poetry with the personal narratives and creative contributions of dozens of young refugees,While the Earth Sleeps We Travelseeks to center and amplify the often unheard perspectives of those navigatingthroughandbeyondthe complexities of displacement. The result is a diverse and moving collectiona meditation on the concept of home and a testament to the power of storytelling.