Poems from Syria

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

During the conflict in Syria, it seems incredible that there are still writers expressing their experiences through poetry. News journalist Mike Embley meets and speaks to Syrian poets, writers and academics about how their work has reflected the emotions and humanity in a seemingly impossible situation.

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0:00.0	Thank you for downloading from the BBC.
0:04.0	The details of our complete range of podcasts and our terms of use
0:08.0	go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.
0:15.0	You're listening to poems from Syria on the BBC World Service
0:19.0	with me, Mike Ember.
0:21.0	My people are rising.
0:23.0	My people are rising.
0:25.0	With olive branches and song they are waking.
0:28.0	The earth underneath their marching is shaking.
0:31.0	My people are rising.
0:33.0	They are no longer crouching.
0:35.0	They are no longer stooping.
0:37.0	And they are not hungry for bread alone.
0:40.0	My people are rising.
0:42.0	A blessing on my people.
0:44.0	They stand before tanks are armed.
0:46.0	And they fall under bullets while calling.
0:49.0	The earth is big enough for all of us.
0:51.0	Let us have a little of it too.
0:53.0	The earth is big.
0:56.0	And as they bleed out on the cement in the street
0:58.0	where they played as children,
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