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.
For World Refugee Day 2017, Narratio founder Ahmed Badr read his poem, "A Thank You Letter From The Bomb That Visited My Home 11 years ago" in front of the UN Secretary General, Ben Stiller, Christopher Tin, and the Director of UNHCR New York.
Like women's bodies, the Ocean is a feminized body and space. There is so much movement in feminized spaces and bodies, but so much restriction. This project is one that looks at feminine bodies in and of the Pacific Ocean, and that creates something creative while also commenting critically on female/feminized bodies and issues of suppression, sensuality, and freedom, etc.
Where are those who cursed us?
Those afraid we threatened their wealth?
Come on and see!
Do you dare to look at this scene?
Better avert your eyes.
Hide and lock yourselves in your homes!
We are silent so that you hear us.
“So next time I hear someone say that You Can’t put a Price on Memories
I’ll walk in an empty room so that they can hear the clinking of the broken fragments of my heart
Because the navy blue string from my couches back home that sewed the pieces together was taken from me when my parents finally handed over the keys”
I remember being a child who knew nothing about the world. And the closest encounter was of me laying on my father’s lap listening to the ongoing conflict happening. We had no smartphones nor TV. I was simply a child who played all day long in the street, dirty face and feet, ripped shirt and jeans, skipping ropes, and singing songs.
“The experience was great, playful and without pretension, and I could make pictures that are a part of how I feel about the land.”
Baba lived nearly 30 years in exile. Half of his life away from home. He left home with that bit of hope and good faith.
I let that sit in… 30 years away from home. I wonder of those 30 years, how much time was spent in a state of nostalgia… in a state of homesickness… in a state of guilt and confusion about leaving your motherland… in a state of subconsciously calculating a cost-benefit analysis of your sacrifices and gains to seek conviction for your decision to leave.
"Art helped me overcome depression and anxiety. My friends and family have helped me so much and they inspire me to continue my art. "
"Art helped me overcome depression and anxiety. My friends and family have helped me so much and they inspire me to continue my art. "
"Art helped me overcome depression and anxiety."
Julissa is 15 and is a freshman at J. Frank Dobie high school in Houston, Texas. She hopes to one day become a fantastic artist, and is especially interested in becoming a comic book artist.
Our second workshop took place on the campus of George Mason University and was presented to participants in the Indonesia-U.S. Youth Leadership program.
To our launch our new interview series, we spoke to Anjali about her creative process, her journey as an artist, and the role of art within social impact.
Narratio sits down with Austin, Texas artist, Marcelo Villaseñor
“Yesterday I was struggling. Today I am learning. Tomorrow I will be achieving. ”
