To Oslo, With Love
Kerning Cultures
Kerning Cultures Network
4.9 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Elie was a journalist looking for her next story when she met Ziad at a party in Istanbul. Ziad was a Syrian refugee hoping to travel to Europe and apply for asylum. Elie asked Ziad if she could follow him to Norway, his final destination, and document the journey. He said yes. So commences their odyssey together... and the beginning of a journey neither could have anticipated.
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| 0:00.0 | So today we have something of an epic or an odyssey. We're going in and out of a bunch of cities today, |
| 0:07.7 | Damascus, Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Oslo. But the story isn't just about these cities. |
| 0:15.4 | It's really about what happens when you go on a journey that changes your life and the lives of the people around you. |
| 0:23.8 | It's a little glimpse into what being a refugee is like, how crossing a border can be a very |
| 0:29.7 | different experience based on what passport you hold. And you know, how love makes the world go |
| 0:37.1 | around. |
| 0:43.6 | I'm Hibba Fisher and you're listening to Kearning Cultures, Radio Documentaries from the Middle East. |
| 0:51.3 | And one story that always kind of captures my imagination. |
| 0:55.4 | The street's lost culture. |
| 0:58.4 | And you're listening to Kearning cultures. |
| 1:02.0 | Let's start. |
| 1:03.9 | Where do you want to start? |
| 1:05.5 | Let's start back in April. |
| 1:07.8 | This is producer Persia Verlin. |
| 1:10.7 | Sunday, the 12th of April, 2015. which is Orthodox Easter, and we're in Istanbul, |
| 1:13.9 | Turkey. So the party was an Orthodox Easter party. This is Ellie Gardner. So I'm Ellie Gardner, |
| 1:21.3 | and I am a freelance photojournalist and filmmaker. So my Greek-American friend was known for making this |
| 1:29.3 | amazing lamb. I was actually traveling to the United States the next day and, you know, |
| 1:34.0 | was in the middle of packing the bags, thought about not even going, but it was this beautiful |
| 1:38.4 | sunny day. And there was this lamb. So I thought, okay, I'm going to make an effort and go, |
| 1:43.8 | she lived far away. |
| 1:45.5 | I went to take a bus there. |
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