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Refugee Poetry(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-04-02
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On his route through the Alps in Tyrol, a Kurdish refugee writes a poem.
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The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.
Languages: Kurdish.
Countries:
Austria,
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Apeiron Films
Movie: Refugee Poetry
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The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.
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2016-04-02
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On his route through the Alps in Tyrol, a Kurdish refugee writes a poem.
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