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We bring back Media Storm's episode on 'terrorism' to reflect on the escalating war in the Middle East, and ask how geopolitical biases are playing into this week's headlines and restricting our understanding of events. The episode features Lebanese reporter Zahera Harb, Afghan refugee Gulwali Passarlay, former UN Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani, South African freedom fighters from the LSWV, and ex-IRA convict Tony Doherty. Hosts: Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall) and Helena Wadia (@helenawadia) Music: Samfire (@soundofsamfire) Support Media Storm on Patreon - and help us out by sending your favourite episode to 3 of your favourite people! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joining me for episode 10 of Lemonade is the wonderful Gulwali Passarlay, refugee rights advocate, campaigner, and author of the acclaimed memoir, The Lightless Sky. When he was just eleven years old, his mother made the heartbreaking decision to send him away from Afghanistan after his father was killed.In this insightful conversation, Gulwali tells me about his childhood growing up in rural Afghanistan. He sheds light on the challenges faced by the country, and the impact of conflict and war on its people. He also speaks openly about his own journey from Afghanistan to Europe as a child, highlighting the dangers faced by countless refugees who are forced to make similar journeys. We discuss the challenges refugees encounter upon arrival in the UK, and the rise of right-wing ideologies. I learned so much from this episode - about the resilience of the human spirit, the complexities of seeking asylum, and the importance of staying compassionate and informed. Gulwali's insights on how we can all play a role in supporting refugees and advocating for a more just world were both eye-opening and inspiring.If you'd like to stay in touch with Gulwali, you can follow his work on Instagram. You can buy his memoir, The Lightless Sky, here.To be the first to know about every new episode of The Lemonade Podcast, please click 'subscribe' and connect with me over on Instagram.We are proudly sponsored by Nurecover. Head to the website and use the discount code LOTTENU for 15% off your purchase. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 173 with Gulwali Passarlay, who is a speaker and campaigner for refugee rights. Gulwali was sent away from Afghanistan at the age of twelve, after his father was killed in a gun battle with the US Army. He was smuggled into Iran and spent the next 12 months traveling through Europe.  He crossed 10 countries, was put in prison 6 times, endured a desolate month in the camp at Calais and almost drowned at sea before making it to Britain. When he arrived, the authorities did not believe he was a child of 13 due to his appearance. Eventually he was fostered, sent to a good school, won a place at a top university, and was chosen to carry the Olympic torch in 2012 and he has told his story of life as a refugee in his autobiography: “The Lightless Sky” which is an incredible read. In this episode I chat to Gulwali about his childhood in Afghanistan before being forced to leave. We chat about the impact that fleeing a war zone had on his mental health and how the struggles with bureaucracy, isolation and racism added to his mental struggles. We also chat about how his story is just one of thousands of similar stories and we talk about compassion and understanding and breakdown some of the myths and misunderstandings around refugees and asylum seekers. In the general conversation around the refugee crisis, people tend to talk in numbers or about boats and barges and benefits but behind every figure and statist is a person, who just like Gulwali, has probably lived through some horrific experiences and I wanted to do an episode about the mental health side of that. This is an episode that I've wanted to do for a long time.  It's a little different but it's important and I can't thank Gulwali enough for his insight and his time. You can follow Gulwali on social media here: @gulwali_passarlay Watch his Tedx Talk here: How I got to Manchester from Afghanistan: Gulwali Passarlay at TEDxManchester (youtube.com) And his website is Gulwali Passarlay | The official website of an influential Afghan refugee who is a published author, TEDx speaker, and a Politics major at the University of Manchester. (wordpress.com) If you would like to watch this episode or any of the others, you can do so by joining the Patreon community at www.patreon.com/propermentalpodcast.  For £3 a month you'll get early access to any and all episodes that aren't available to watch anywhere else and you can submit questions for upcoming guests!  You'll also be helping to support the show and keep it fully independent and ad free. You can connect with me on social media @propermentalpodcast or via www.propermentalpodcast.com. Another great way to support the show and spread the word is to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you get your podcasts from. If you or anyone you know needs to find support in your local area, please go to www.hubofhope.co.uk Thanks for listening!

In this episode, the first pages of three non-fiction books will be read:Speak, Okinawa by Elizabeth Miki BrinaThe Lightless Sky by Gulwali Passarlay with Nadene Ghouri Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh

Support Media Storm's work from as little as £3 a month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MediaStormPodcast The war in Gaza involves everyone, as the global community is drawn onto a battlefield of competing sympathies - sympathies that should coexist.Propagandists, Islamophobes and antisemites alike are pushing black-and-white narratives that feed violence and hate. The independent press should be a bulwark against this.But we do not think the press are doing enough. Western news media is failing to educate the public about geopolitical biases, and to expose us to worldviews that challenge our own.We cannot hand our listeners the truth, but we can better equip you to identify it.In this investigation, Media Storm uncovers firsthand stories of militancy in Northern Ireland and Apartheid South Africa which shine new light on terror and resistance: Tony Doherty, the son of a Bloody Sunday victim who sought justice through the IRA, and Black South African freedom fighters who waged war against the Apartheid. Testimonies of "terrorism" are largely absent from mainstream news. We believe that seeking out human perspectives to explain resistance and radicalism is not only a journalist's right, but a journalist's imperative.We have very special guests joining for our season 3 finale. They challenge listeners to look beyond the Western worldview and teach us how to spot propaganda in the news: former UN Security Council President, Kishore Mahbubani; Lebanese war reporter and journalism professor, Zahera Harb; and Afghan author and political refugee, Gulwali Passarlay.The episode is created by Mathilda Mallinson (@mathildamall) and Helena Wadia (@helenawadia). The music is by Samfire (@soundofsamfire). Tayyibah Apabhai assisted as researcher.Learn moreDownload Kishore Mahbubani's free e-book, along with 3.3 million other users: https://mahbubani.net/the-asian-21st-century/Read Tony Doherty's autobiography, This Man's Wee Boy……and Gulwali Passarlay's: The Lightless SkySpeakersTony Doherty @tonydutchdocLiberation Struggle for War Veterans, South AfricaKishore Mahbubani @mahbubani_kZahera Harb @HarbZ1Gulwali Passarlay @gulwali_passarlayMore on Media StormTwitter http://twitter.com/mediastormpodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpodTiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpodFacebook https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPodEmail mediastormpodcast@gmail.comWebsite https://mediastormpodcast.com Media Storm first launched from the house of The Guilty Feminist and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's it like to be a refugee in Britain? Joe and Tom speak to Gulwali Passarlay who left Afghanistan when he was just 12 years old. His story is remarkable and unfortunately it does illustrate everything that's right and wrong with the world. Please leave a nice review of this episode in your podcast app and we'll make sure he sees them. Gulwali's book is called The Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy's Journey of Escape To A New Life in Britain. To get ad-free and longer episodes on Apple, hit the 'grow the show' button or click: https://apple.co/3qP2B2iOn Spotify you can subscribe for £1 a week by clicking this link: https://anchor.fm/joemarlershowTo become an official sponsor, go to Patreon.com/joemarlershow And if you want to buy a bobble hat (or other merch) go to joemarler.co.uk/shop Grow the Show, become an official sponsor See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Twenty-seven people - 17 men, seven women, two teenage boys and a girl - lost their lives near Calais on 24 November while trying to reach the UK in a flimsy inflatable boat. They are not the first, and sadly, are unlikely to be the last migrants to die. On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by our Middle East Correspondent Alistair Bunkall as we explore the 'push' factors, and Gulwali Passarlay, from Afghanistan, who shares his story of being smuggled to Britain as a child. Daily podcast team:Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce Podcast producer - Soila ApparicioPodcast producer - Rosie Gillott Interviews producer – Alys BowenArchive - Simon Windsor Archive - Nelly Stefanova Archive - Rob Fellowes Music - Steven Wheeler

As numerous cities fall to the Taliban, why has the US-backed Afghan government been so quick to crumble? We speak to Gulwali Passarlay and Anatol Lieven.

As numerous cities fall to the Taliban, why has the US-backed Afghan government been so quick to crumble? We speak to Gulwali Passarlay and Anatol Lieven.

This podcast episode was recorded in front of a live audience.* Aged 12, Gulwali survived a twelve-month trek from Afghanistan - crossing continents, suffering imprisonment and hunger, sailing across the sea in a tiny boat, and enduring a desolate month in the jungle at Calais, before he made it Britain. Here he was fostered, where he thrived in school and won a place to study at a top university.

Around the world, there are millions of people fleeing their homes due to war, violence and persecution. The refugee crisis may seem distant, but there are ways we can help from our own homes. On this episode of Hope Helps, host Charly Burridge-Jones and guests shed new light on the experiences of refugees and volunteers in Europe.Gulwali Passarlay, a refugee-turned-writer shares his experiences during and after his flight from Afghanistan. Nina Kerrou explains what it's like to volunteer in refugee aid and how ordinary people can help. Both guests acknowledge the need for individuals to assist and help support refugees who cannot help themselves.

Gulwali Passarlay, author of the inspirational book, The Lightless Sky joins the show. The Lightless sky documents his hazardous journey as a refugee leaving war-torn Afghanistan. www.anygivenrunway.com

Gulwali Passarlay is an Afghan political refugee. He joins us to talk about the plight of refugees around the world and the book he's co-written about his experiences called, The Lightless Sky. This is from 2015. A really great conversation.

Hear the Amazing Story of Gulwali Passarlay, author of The Lightless Sky, shares his story of escape from the Taliban in Afghanistan, to finding safety in the UK as a twelve-year-old child refugee. Exploring the stories of refugees and talking about the current situation of today in UK and World Wide

Gulwali Passarlay talks with Lisa about his 12 month journey from Afghanistan to the UK as a 12 year old and the reality of seeking refuge in the UK. Unpicking the network of traffickers, the fragility of life and building the empathy muscle.But his book and indeed the conversation is so much more than a story about a journey. It is a story of hope, of friendships and of the power of kindness. https://twitter.com/GulwaliPhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Lightless-Sky-Journey-Safety-Refugee/dp/1786497158

This week's guest has been a long time coming for me and our conversation did not disappoint. Gulwali Passarlay, author of The Lightless Sky, shares his story of escape from the Taliban in Afghanistan, to finding safety in the UK as a twelve year old child refugee. He has some amazing tales to tell, from burning his face whilst hiding in the back of a lorry, to the moment he was reunited with his brother after months of no contact. He shares wisdom and information with a dry sense of humour; attributes that have seen him overcome prisons, border controls, refrigerated lorries and more to get to where he is today; a world-renowned author, spokesperson and international speaker on behalf of refugees globally. My first Afghan on the podcast, be sure to listen if you want to find out more about the situation in Afghanistan, the journey to the UK and life for Afghans once they arrive here.Support the show (https://www.justgiving.com/prism-worldwidetribe)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/asylum-speakers-podcast-with-jaz-ohara-stories-of-migration. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Louise and Virginia discuss a number of British books and authors and a few other things they’ve been diving into.Email hello@divinginpodcast.comInstagram @diving_in_podcastVirginia’s Instagram @les__livres__Song ‘Diving In’ – original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline – https://linkt.ree/llauraadelinePodcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher.BooksA Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor, 1951. Published by Virago.A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier, 2019. Published by Borough Press,An Academic Question by Barbara Pym, 1986. Published by Virago.Stanley and Elsie by Nicola Upson, 2019. Published by Duckworth.Tracey Chevalier: https://www.tchevalier.comSBS TV series Years and Years, 2019, produced by BBC & HBOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY41jhIP_xIPodcastsFortunately… with Fi and JaneFull Disclosure with James O’Brien, LBC 4th November, Gulwali Passarlay.

Gulwali Passarlay came to the UK from Afghanistan in the back of a refrigerated lorry. In a fascinating episode of Full Disclosure, the TedX speaker told James O'Brien about his journey as a refugee to Britain.

The refugee crisis is getting worse, and those most affected are the children. While death is a real risk many refugees face, the mental and emotional trauma and long-lasting impact it can have on their lives is huge. In this episode we caught up with Gulwali Passarlay, a child refugee from Afghanistan at the age of 12. Author of the Lightless Sky, Gulwali is a huge advocate for refugees around the world. Finally, if you would like to help make a difference to the refugee crisis, no matter how small, giving just one hour of your time or skills for example then get in touch - http://bethechangeproject.org/take-action1/

Nils Muiznieks served as the Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, from 2012-18. In this episode Nils explains the roots of the dramatic migration and refugee crises that impacted Europe during his tenure and still affect global politics today. Nils is joined in conversation with Indiana Professor Emma Gilligan and Brandeis Professor Dave Powelstock.Discussed in this episode - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), www.unhcr.org; Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights in Europe: From Crisis to Renewal, https://rm.coe.int/human-rights-in-europe-from-crisis-to-renewal-/168077fb04; Babara Honigmann, “Zohara’s Journey”; Jeremy Harding, Border Vigils; Gulwali Passarlay, The Lightless Sky. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Becoming British, citizenship expert Thom Brooks explores the big questions rarely answered by the politicians, examining the relationship between immigration and citizenship in order to challenge the popular and political myths that surround this topic. Thom Brooks is Professor of Law and Government at Durham University. He is a dual citizen of the UK and United States. Gulwali Passarlay left his home in Afghanistan when he was twelve years old, enduring a terrifying journey across Europe in the hands of people smugglers. The author of The Lightless Sky, Gulwali has written a piece, especially for Durham Book Festival, about his experiences of arriving and living in the UK as a teenager. Go to http://durhambookfestival.com/commissions to read more.

Sarah Brown speaks to Lord Alf Dubs, Gulwali Passarlay, Melissa Fleming and David Morrissey about the representation of refugees. Millions of words have been spoken and written about refugees but how many of these have been positive? This episode is about the survivors, battlers and new pioneers and explores why refugees are so often feared rather than celebrated. Sarah and guests explore the courage and humanity of the individuals behind the headlines. The families forced to pack up and flee danger at a moment’s notice. Those making a new life for their family in a strange place whilst caring passionately about their homeland. Those taking on any work to bring in an income and making safety and education for their children the greatest priority. Lord Alf Dubs is a Member of the House of Lords in the UK and in 2016 sponsored an amendment to the Immigration Act to offer unaccompanied refugee children safe passage to Britain amidst the European migrant crisis. Gulwali Passarlay is an Afghan refugee currently residing in the UK, he is an activist for refugee rights and author of The Lightless Sky where he tells his own story of being forced to leave Afghanistan at the age of twelve. Melissa Fleming is Chief Spokesperson at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and author of "A Hope More Powerful than the Sea", the story of Doaa, a girl from Syria, who in 2015 crammed onto a fishing boat setting sail for Europe. Melissa's book is being made into a film produced by Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. David Morrissey is an actor, director and producer and Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency, and using his high profile for good by supporting refugees and other marginalised communities.

How can Quakers offer sanctuary to those forced to flee their homes? Jon Martin and Tim Gee explore the idea of sanctuary and prepare for the launch of the Sanctuary Meetings programme. Tim also asks the various speakers from Refugee Week at Friends House (Euston, London) what sanctuary means to them. Learn why and how Quaker meetings can become Sanctuary Meeting and how you can join our movement challenging the process of destitution, deportation and detention. Interviews in order: Sita Brahmachari, Gulwali Passarlay (pictured), Maron Ehad, Gaël Le Cornec, Hassan Abdulrazzak. Closing poems read by Ambrose Musiyiwa from the anthology; Over Land Over Sea, poems for those seeking refuge. Visit www.quaker.org.uk/migration for more information about becoming a Sanctuary Meeting or contact the team on Sanctuary@quaker.org.uk For more information about Refugee Week see: refugeeweek.org.uk/ You may also be interested in www.qarn.org.uk/homepage/ Tell us what you think of this podcast! https://forms.quaker.org.uk/qpsw-comms-survey-2017/

Pashtunwali is the unwritten code of ethics followed by the ruling tribe of Afghanistan. One of the laws of Pashtunwali is that one must offer unconditional asylum to anybody who asks. I talked to NPR's Joanna Kakissis and Gulwali Passarlay, an Afghan refugee, to try and view the refugee crisis through the lens of Pashtunwali. Music: Dadala – “Radio Memory”  Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.  Klopenn – “Blue Crackles” and “White Fissures”  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. Lab023 – “Hello”  Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. DR – “Five Chords with Tremolo and Distortion” Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Trium Circulorum – “For the Sad, Mad, and Lonely (Part 1)” Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Scott Lawlor – “The Path of Icy Solitude” Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Dawn Rose started out as a session drummer with bands including 90s group Right Said Fred before becoming a psychologist and music therapist. She is performing in The Happiness Project at the Roundhouse which was devised by a company of young artists, scientists and academics to explore our understanding of happiness and well-being. Dawn will perform a drum duet with one of the teenagers during the performance. The Happiness Project is at the Roundhouse, London. At 12 Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from Afghanistan by his mother to escape the conflict that claimed his father's life. After a harrowing journey across eight countries he arrived in the UK a year later. Now 21, he is in his third year studying politics at the University of Manchester and works with aid organisations and youth groups. His ambition is to return to Afghanistan and become its president in 2035. The Lightless Sky - An Afghan Refugee Boy's Journey is published by Atlantic Books. Sir Dermot Turing is the nephew of the mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing. The author of a new biography of his uncle, Dermot brings his personal insights, drawn from family sources and Alan's own notebook and diaries. The book explores the impact of Alan's codebreaking work at Bletchley Park and the tragedy of his early death in the wake of his conviction for gross indecency in 1952. Along the way Dermot presents a portrait of Alan the man - his friendships, his loyalty and his extraordinary achievements. Prof - Alan Turing Uncoded by Dermot Turing is published by the History Press. Rhiannon Adam is a photographer and the winner of the Royal Geographical Society's Journey of a Lifetime contest. The contest, established in association with BBC Radio 4, offers individuals the chance to make an exciting and imaginative journey and present it in a radio documentary. Rhiannon, who grew up on a sailing boat in the Atlantic reading romantic stories about The Mutiny on the Bounty, chose to explore the romance and reality of Pitcairn Island. Journey of a Lifetime is broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Producer: Paula McGinley.