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Rapper, songwriter and record producer Belly stands outside wearing a headband and sweatshirt with the text "Palestine" for a World Refugee Day 2021 photo shoot.

“My past is in my music.” Meet rapper, songwriter and record producer Belly

Palestinian-born Canadian rapper, songwriter and record producer Belly describes how he fell in love with poetry and music, and how his past has impacted his art.

ArticleJune 17, 2021
A young boy plays a buzuq in a tent.

After fleeing his home, a Syrian boy finds joy in music and art

Yasser and his mother Jumana describe how playing the buzuq—a string instrument similar to a lute—helps him cope with life in a camp for people internally displaced in northeast Syria.

ArticleDecember 30, 2021

Celebrating the Class of 2021

Each year the IRC in Dallas has been holding a Robing Ceremony the night before graduation to honor fifteen high school graduates who started their journey in the US as refugees. Read about our excellent 2021 graduates!

AnnouncementJune 15, 2021

A space for arts and wellness during COVID-19

Refugees and immigrants are some of the most impacted communities of COVID-19, and many newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers have been dealing with stress and isolation. In order to help provide healthy coping mechanisms, the IRC in LA created an arts and wellness program for youth in our unaccompanied children program.

AnnouncementJanuary 19, 2021

Syrian violinist finds refuge on stage

Mariela Shaker is a refugee from Aleppo, one of more than 4.8 million Syrians who have fled the brutal war that has engulfed the country for six years.

VideoNovember 16, 2016

Youth Voices: International Poetry Day

Youth Voices, Issue 2: March 21 is World Poetry Day, and we are highlighting poems written by two middle school students, who were both resettled in Dallas.

AnnouncementMarch 21, 2018

Dear Albert Einstein, a letter from Keegan-Michael Key

This World Refugee Day, Keegan-Michael Key wrote a special letter to physicist, Nobel Laureate—and refugee—Albert Einstein. The fact is, our world would be a far different place if refugees were turned away.

VideoJune 17, 2019

Dear Elie Wiesel, a letter from Mandy Patinkin

This World Refugee Day, Mandy Patinkin wrote a special letter to author, educator, political activist—and refugee—Elie Wiesel. The fact is, our world would be a far different place if refugees were turned away.

VideoJune 17, 2019

San Diego celebrates World Refugee Day

Events throughout the month of June brought the San Diego community out for World Refugee Day

AnnouncementJuly 24, 2018

Belly: Rapper, Courageous Immigrant

 

VideoJune 17, 2021

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