Playlist

Personal stories from conflict zones

Powerful, gripping personal narratives that shed light on what it means to live in some of the world’s most dangerous and volatile regions.

Sakena Yacoobi

How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school

Sophal Ear

Escaping the Khmer Rouge

Marwa Al-Sabouni

How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war

Corneille Ewango

A hero of the Congo forest

Ameera Harouda

Why I put myself in danger to tell the stories of Gaza

Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed

Mother and daughter doctor-heroes

Nadia Al-Sakkaf

See Yemen through my eyes

Emmanuel Jal

The music of a war child

Emtithal Mahmoud

A young poet tells the story of Darfur