More Than A Statistic : Recent Episodes
Our World Too
Uncivilised. Illegal. Security threat.
Labels and statistics have been used to dehumanise refugees and displaced communities around the world to justify hostile asylum policies, inhuman treatment and direct discrimination.
Join us as More Than A Statistic takes you on a journey to destroy one stereotype at a time and rehumanise the narrative, by putting the narrative back where it belongs, with the people themselves.
South Lebanon has been misrepresented by portraying the region as having a ‘culture of death’. In this episode, Zainab speaks about her experiences of living through the 2006 Lebanon War against the colonial settler state of Israel and the current situation in South Lebanon in light of the ongoing Palestinian Genocide.
You can read Zainab’s article in Missing Perspectives here: On ‘neighbouring’ the oppressor: living under the constant threat of war
If you would like to keep up with Zainab, her projects and life in South Lebanon, follow her on:
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Eye on South Lebanon
Hasan
Sara Rammal
Hasan Atieh
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For many, the mention of the Partition of Pakistan and India is overshadowed by politically charged narratives of 1947, very rarely are survivors of Partition provided with platforms to share their stories and experiences. In this episode, Saadia speaks about Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative which examines the human impact of global migration through the lens of the largest forced migration in recorded history, the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan.
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The Partition of the subcontinent resulted in one of the bloodiest partitions in history and caused the rapid displacement of millions of people overnight. In this episode, Anam shares her personal journey of learning more about 1947 and 1971, the importance of collecting oral histories to combat state narratives and what she hopes her books can achieve.
To learn more about Anum and her work visit, https://www.anamzakaria.com/
Storytelling is an art that allows us to see the world through someone else's eyes and acts as a record to prevent historical revisionism. In this episode, we're joined by Smajo and Emlyn to talk about how storytelling can rehumanise the rhetoric surrounding refugees and raise awareness about the Bosnian Genocide by placing the narrative where it belongs, with the people themselves.
You can learn more about Smajo's work on Twitter and the Bosnian Genocide Education Trust
You can learn more about Emlyn's work on TikTok.
12 years have passed since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, during which millions of people have been displaced. In this episode, Celine speaks about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, the politicisation of aid and the treatment of Syrian refugees.
To follow Celine's work:
Twitter, Instagram
Syrian Emergency Task Force
To find out more about the links mentioned during this podcast:
Syria Watch App: Apple Store, Google Play
For Sama
Mazen Al-Hamada
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The rhetoric around seeking asylum in the UK has steadily gotten worse since 2015. Most recently, this has culminated in Suella Braverman’s brainchild – the Illegal Migration Bill. In this episode, Qays shares how his personal journey as a former refugee led him to become a human rights lawyer and commonly held myths around seeking asylum.
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Our first episode introduces Georgio Konstandi, a Bosnian Genocide researcher.
The Bosnian Genocide lasted from 1992-1995 and saw the worst atrocities committed in Europe since WW2.
In this episode, Georgio speaks about his projects dedicated to raising awareness about the Bosnian Genocide by working with survivors. We also speak about the dehumanising language used to justify the genocide and why it continues to be a lesson for all of us about what can happen when discrimination and hate speech goes unchecked.
Find out more about Georgio’s projects:
https://twitter.com/georgiokon
https://twitter.com/dearsrebrenica
https://the-scroll.co.uk
To follow the work of other organisations mentioned in this podcast:
https://srebrenica.org.uk
https://www.bget-uk.org
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