Melodi Var Öngel

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Collateral Damage

Brussels, Belgium: Sacha De Keizer (on the left in the photo) grew up negotiating a French home life and a Flemish school life. Additionally she found herself acting as “a third wheel” confidant in her parents deteriorating marriage. They divorced, and and she lost her family, her home, and even her loyal dog Happy. She says, in an understatement, there was “Collateral Damage.”

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My Dad, Your Dad

Nara Souri reaches out to a half-sibling she has never met and reflects on her changed relationship with her dad.

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Stare at the Ground

Camila searches for a friend group that has no borders of culture and nationality.

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What is She Saying

Malika Bakayoko’s mother and father come from different tribes, with different languages. Their language in common was French, so that is what she learned at home and school. Now she longs to feel comfortable with her tribal families, but she cannot even talk to them. She must always turn to her father and say, “What is she saying?”

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Ey Ney

“Tell me where this hate comes from. Words are not enough”

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Patates Kamyonunda (On the Potato Truck)

“One of the policemen comes
And pushes the potato cases
I resist against the cases
I silence my children
Thank god, they don’t find us”

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Suli and I

Androulla tells of Dali, her home town, where her house was between a church and a mosque. A documentary song for the Cyprus Peace-Music Project.

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