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The memories held by the sea

Young Loris tells us the story of a nameless man, whose life had mostly been about surviving, rather than living: indeed, he went through the separation from his parents, and a journey across the desert and the sea, after escaping prison. The story proceeds in images, just like in a photographic film. A stream of […]

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New sense of humanity

I really enjoyed the session, it was an enriching experience that made us grow as citizens and as students, but most importantly as people. From the moment we hear the life experience of someone who has lived through the worst of humanity, surely we will all think differently when we eventually hear about these brave

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Life in the Aquarium

The story “Aquarium“ puts us in the shoes of Basma, a girl who fled the war in Syria with her family and moved to Rome. Basma feels like she is living in an aquarium, as she cannot understand what other people tell her in the language of her new city. Fortunately, the kindness of people

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If I could do it, so could you

When Ghazal came into our class to speak about being an immigrant, it moved me. She talked about a war in Syria that was happening only a kilometre away from her home. She came to Ireland when she was 18, so to continue with her education, she needed to complete Sixth Year. She talked about

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A place called Earth

In her story, young Valentina tells us about an Earth torn apart by the hate and mistrust of humanity, to the point that the most virtuous men had to abandon it and move to the Moon. The hope for Earth’s rebirth resides in the children, still uncontaminated by the cruelty of humanity, as well as

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CHANGE on the radio waves

Dijana Požgaj, the mentor teacher, shared the story of how the CHANGE project served as an inspiration for the an entry into the LiDraNo competition:    8th grade students in the press group of the Vugrovec-Kašina elementary school decided to record a radio show for LiDraNo this year: a literary, dramatic, and journalistic creation. The guidelines for radio entries

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Online can be fun too!

Due to the pandemic many students in Portugal are forced to have some classes online.   This class from Lisbon was very special, 30 students all cozy and wrapped in blankets because of the cold, from the comfort of their houses but not distracted even for a second. This presentation was planned to last 1

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