Migrant Odyssey
Episodes
Ep 26. Lebanon Lives - the voice of Areej
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some people have poetry in their voice - whether they know it or not. Their words, and the silence in-between, stop you in your tracks. Which is w...
LEBANON LIVES - Mona's Story.
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lebanon Lives: the first of a mini series featuring extraordinary, ordinary people in Lebanon - trying to live their lives while their towns, villa...
Ep. 24 Gaza Champions - the generosity of friendship.
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gaza Champions is a global community that may be solving two huge problems that plague traditional charities: how to make sure support stays long afte...
The Tiny Mighty Organization: the fight against trafficking in women
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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Gaza Voices
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Gaza all but obliterated - do the memories and stories of Gazans lie under the rubble as well? If universities, cafes, homes, mosques, churches, ...
Ep 21. The Children of the Dispossessed: what happens next?
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of a 6 year old girl who was left to look after her younger brother and sister while her migrant parents worked every day and most o...
Sudan: Ethar, the lemon tree, the meandering donkey and 70 years of war.
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A sandstorm birth, a village donkey named Kajol, and a gun barrel to the head during the Khartoum Massacre—Ethar’s story pulls you straight into S...
Ruchira Gupta: "Where are all the girls?"
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Barden talks to Ruchira Gupta, lifelong activist against human trafficking - especially the trafficking of women. This extraordinary woman n...
Kejsi Hodo and the "invisible" referendum to change Italy's citizenship laws
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Lex Takkenberg - 30 years in the most scrutinised of all UN agencies
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the frontlines of one of the world's most enduring humanitarian crises comes a story of extraordinary dedication. Dr Lex Takkenberg take...
All Good Stories Start with our Grandmothers
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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Ahmad's story: from sight to insight
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmad Jaafil shares his story of extraordinary and persistent willpower, He talks matter of factly about his severe and rare eye disease and the h...
One stitch - A World of Meaning
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Hajar - a young woman with Palestinian and Lebanese parents - who understands that her people are woven together - not just by id...
"Our existence as Palestinians challenges a whole universe that supports the occupation"
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can standing on a rooftop in a refugee camp be the starting point of a journey toward empowerment and change? This episode of "Migrant Odyssey&qu...
Maqluba: the upside down dish that is life on the West Bank
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Life on the West Bank is upside down for Palestinians. They have little of rights on their land that they have lived on for centuries. The towns tha...
"Even If what stays of Gaza is rubble. The rubble will be my home"
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is extraordinary not just because Tareq - a young man from Gaza - has an extraordinary story to tell, but because as he tells it , one ...
Rowan from the West Bank: "I lost my sense of fear - and that's scary."
31 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine navigating the complex layers of survivor's guilt while fostering a beacon of innovation amidst the ricochet of conflict. Join us as we w...
We're not the cause of the wars that we flee. So why punish us as if we are?
19 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stellah Nikuze is the daughter of Rwanda genocide survivors. Born and brought up in the Kyaka 11 refugee camps in Uganda, she has emerged as a fierce ...
Sofia's odyssey: From Ukraine to Berlin via London and Israel
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Sofia - a Ukrainian refugee now living in Berlin. After living in Israel , she and her Israel husband went back to Ukraine a fe...
The Survival Centre: The Berlin Trauma Centre helping refugees survive their survival.
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Refugees seek refuge and shelter. Safety from being brutalised, from the trauma of witnessing and experiencing acts of terror and horror. But also...
Zoya: Palestinian warrior for peace and kindness
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Zoya, born into a world of upheaval, chaos, and strife and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon - as was her father ...
Running with Blood
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Janvier Hafasha – originally from the Rutshuru zone of north Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and now living in the...
Decoding the Narrative: Peter Ruhenstroth Bauer on the Global Refugee Crisis and Germany's Response
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ready to have your perspective shaken and stirred? Join me, Stephen Barden, as I sit down with Peter Ruhenstroth Bauer, the Head of the UN's Re...
This is what Resilience looks like: Okello Joseph's Life from Refugee to Filmmaker
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Prepare yourself for a gripping narrative that will take you from the conflict-stricken areas of South Sudan to the mud-walled houses of Kakuma refuge...
Mohammed Salim's Journey: Grit and Hope in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Journey with us as we peel back the layers of life in the world's largest refugee camp - Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, through the lens of one o...
Deng Dak Malual: unbounded leader
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is Deng Dak Malual: Not yet 30 years old, 17 years in Africa's largest refugee camp, Kakuma; a fugitive from South Sudan. And so much mor...