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Emtithal Mahmoud: A young poet tells the story of Darfur

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Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud writes poetry of resilience, confronting her experience of escaping the genocide in Darfur in verse. She shares two stirring original poems about refugees, family, joy and sorrow, asking, "Will you witness me?"

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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;Africa;TEDMED;art;children;communication;family;humanity;identity;language;performance;poetry;refugees;spoken word;storytelling;war;writing;TEDMED 2016;2016

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