Dozens of events in Italy planned for World Refugee Day
The UN Refugee agency UNHCR is promoting dozens of initiatives across Italy for World Refugee Day on June 20. The goal is to share refugees' stories through art, music and gastronomy.
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European migration stories told one object at a time
Europe wouldn't exist without migration, says the director of a German virtual migration museum. From "guest-worker" recruitment signs to audio cassettes from Turkey, the museum's archive is a treasure trove of stories.
Sunken migrant vessel displayed at Venice Biennale
A central theme at this year's Art Biennale in Venice, Italy, is migration - despite the increased clamp-down on migration by the Italian government. Several countries chose to display works related to migration at the biannual event, chief among them Switzerland.
Syrian refugees in France at Napoli Teatro Festival
Works by French artists and Syrian refugees in France will be welcomed to Naples for the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia 2019 to develop a project for intercultural cooperation and to talk about the present through art.
Gambia: Winning words warn of danger of the 'backway' migration route
Janet Badjan-Young is a Gambian playwright and director of the Ebunjan theatre in the Gambian capital Banjul. The Gambia has one of the highest migration rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The current government is trying to tackle the causes, but many young people still see Europe as a ‘Babylon’ instead of working to better their own country, thinks Badjan-Young, who recently won an award for her play tackling the dangers of migration.
Refugees' art will be displayed in Venice during Biennale
The exhibition "Rothko in Lampedusa" will put the spotlight on refugee artists. It opens on May 11 in Venice. The goal: To show how refugees and migrants enrich their host countries.
Cartoonist Gipi wants to 'spread awareness germ' on migration
Italian cartoonist Gipi has organized an exhibition of migration stories at a comic fair. The motto: "Migrating, Yelling, Dreaming." Displayed were not just Gipi's works, but also those of other Italians and North African and Middle Eastern cartoonists.
'Dance is my passport': Syrian ballet dancer Ahmad Joudeh on dancing as home
Becoming a successful ballet dancer while growing up in a refugee camp wasn't easy. DW caught up with the Netherlands-based dancer on World Dance Day to learn about his form of artistic resistance.
Project to promote migrant writers in Italy launched
In Italy, a project aims to help writers who are migrants or come from migrant families, and to spread their work. Both experienced and aspiring poets, authors , and journalists can participate.
Giving back: The story of refugees through history
Mohamed's story is just one of five stories of refugees from Nazism to the present day contained in a new book "Stormy Seas" by Canadian Mary Beth Letherdale, a children's book author.
In Italy, blankets for migrants become works of art
In Naples, the doors of seven Christian churches have become part of an art installation. Artist Giovanni Gara has decorated the doors with the thermal blankets used for migrants rescued at sea. The gold-colored material of the blankets is meant to symbolize the false promise of a land of refuge for migrants.
Hollywood goes to Greek refugee camp
The Hollywood actress Katie Holmes and her daughter were on the Greek island of Lesbos last week working with refugees in the Moria refugee camp. Both Katie Holmes and the organization she was working with, (New York based) Artolution, posted photos on Instagram about the experience.