Narratio is a global platform for youth empowerment through creative expression, publishing content from over 18 countries across three continents.
Narratio is a global platform for youth empowerment through creative expression, publishing content from over 18 countries across three continents.
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The Narratio Fellowship is the only U.S.-based initiative building cohorts of resettled refugee youth Fellows to shape and influence the global conversation around displacement and cultural production. Through the year-long program, participants learn to share stories across various contexts, and receive media training, leadership development, and networking support, as well as academic advising.
The annual program culminates in a performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in addition to exibits, publications, and engagements locally, nationally, and internationally.
WATCH: Intertwined Journeys: Poems by the Narratio Fellows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Alfahad Tabrizi finds his chosen object for the first time
The Fellowship at the Met
The Fellowship in New York City
Narratio is a 501c3 nonprofit organization (EIN: 92-1150310). All donations are tax deductible.
Istarlin Dafe at the New York Times HQ
Abdirizak Noor and Executive Director of the Northside Learning Center Mark Cass
Khadija Mohamed during a photography workshop, Brooklyn, NY
“Every time I perform I realize how much of an impact words can have on people including myself. Every time I perform I feel like I want to do more, to speak my mind in ways that would make a difference.”
Squarespace staff led the Fellows in a hands-on site-building workshop to create their own platforms
Fellows met with Jeff Brez, Chief of Civil Society at the UN Department of Information
Podcast workshops hosted at the North Side Learning Center, Syracuse
Fellows participating in a site-building workshop, Squarespace
The Fellowship traveling to their performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fellow Eid Ahmed a few moments before the performance
Fidaa Aljabbarin finds her chosen object for the first time
Sarah Graff, Associate Curator, Ancient Near East Dept, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Post-performance, Abshir Habseme introduces his chosen object to a member of the audience
““Throughout this journey, I met many people who became such an inspiration in my life. Also, I got to express my experiences as a refugee from Syria, and share it with people who want to get a better understanding of what it means to be a refugee. After the Fellowship, I got inspired to write more, and express my feelings through writing.””
Fellows have peformed and exhibited their work at Christie’s New York, Syracuse University’s Community Folk Art Center, United Way, Artrage Gallery, Writing Our Life Conference, and the United Nations x Comic Relief 17on17 Summit.
The performance at Christie’s New York for Educate, a charity exhibition supporting the Luminos Fund
Narratio Managing Director Edward Grattan, Fellow Ibraheem Abdi, and Founder Ahmed Badr
Fellows Nidaa Aljabbarin, Fidaa Aljabbarin, Khadija Mohamed, Nurallah Alawsaj, Istarlin Dafe, and program facilitators Adiba Alam and Gemma Cooper-Novack
Fellows share excerpts from Intertwined Journeys and participate in discussions at the United Nations for The 17on17 Summit to End Child Hunger
Intertwined Journeys is introduced at Syracuse University’s Community Folk Art Center
Ahmed Badr, Founder & Executive Director, Narratio
Brice Nordquist, Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric, Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement, Syracuse University
Gemma Cooper-Novack, Writer, Poet, Ph.D Candidate at Syracuse University
Elang Basadi, Instructor, Northside Learning Center
Mark Cass, Executive Director, Northside Learning Center
Adiba Alam, Student, Syracuse University
Edward Grattan, Photographer & Managing Director, Narratio
Wilson Lai, Filmmaker
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