PROLOGUE: The Night the Sky Cracked Open with Fire

About this episode

The episode introduces a narrative podcast special exploring the journey of a Rohingya refugee and the broader theme of displacement.

Welcome to The Great Unrooting, a five-episode narrative podcast special season of Rights & Wrongs that explores what it means to lose home — and what it takes to start again. Anchored in the story of Maung, a Rohingya refugee now living in New York, the series traces his journey of flight, survival, and rebuilding and explores displacement at a moment when more people are forcible displaced than at any point since World War II. Excerpt from forthcoming poem, "The Rusted Key" by Kumar M. Tiku.

Topics covered

• refugee experience
• displacement
• survival
• rebuilding
• Rohingya
• narrative podcast

Keywords

• Rohingya
• refugee
• displacement
• survival
• rebuilding
• podcast
• narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Human Rights Watch

Places: New York

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