18 Nov 2023
Reclaiming the Night
In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.
Awlad
Α quarter of the global population of school age lives in war zones or disaster areas. Fewer than one in four underage refugees attends secondary school. Only one in twenty enrolls for university. Less than two per cent of global humanitarian aid is spent on education. This is the story of four refugee children living in different countries, and a documentation of their daily struggle to obtain a formal education.
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