Name: A young poet tells the story of Darfur
Uploaded: 2017-03-31T15:12:16Z
Duration: 10 min 42 s
Description: 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?"

Emtithal Mahmoud: A young poet tells the story of Darfur

A young poet tells the story of Darfur

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?"

Surviving genocide as a child, one poet turned to verse to make her people's suffering visible to a world that looked away. She describes writing her first poem about Darfur at age ten, after witnessing the grief and isolation that followed mass violence and displacement. Through raw poetic storytelling, she illuminates how expressing pain and joy together builds resilience and connection. Her poems transform statistics into stories that demand to be witnessed and remembered.