Medecins Sans Frontieres has a touching story of a Syrian doctor who had to flee Raqqa and is now a refugee in Europe. I am posting his poem and link to his first person account:
A Poem by Dr. Marwan
In exile
In the time of aborted dreams
Rain falls on land that no longer needs it
And birds stop flying.
This is how it looks in a time of unbelonging.
I'm a mere refugee, with a map drawn of lost footsteps
and the face of a motherland drawn in cigarette smoke and stained with blood.
Read about his life in Raqqa and why he took the perilous journey to Europe.
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The poem is courtesy of Medecins Sans Frontieres; the pictures are courtesy of Wikimedia and Wikipedia
Tags: Syria, Syrian, refugees, war, Raqqa, poem, poetry, literature, #syrianrefugees
This is all for now,
Cecilia
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