Two Syrian Families in the Land of One Hundred Valleys: the Story of a New Departure

Migration Media Award: First Place, Mutimedia Category, French

Author: Anne Ilcinkas

Media: L’Orient Le Jour, Lebanon

Date of Publication: 25 March, 2018

Title: TTwo Syrian Families in the Land of One Hundred Valleys: the Story of a New Departure

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This story is about a new beginning for two families of Syrian refugees in the heart of rural France, far away from the noise and the furore. This story is also about the desire and the need for solidarity, expressed by the French of the country of the hundred valleys, in the heart of Occitania.

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Tout recommencer au pays des cent vallées : L’histoire de deux familles de réfugiés syriens – Anne ILCINKAS

24 octobre 2016. Ce jour-là, se souvient Hilal Rajoub, l’orage grondait. Dans le ciel sombre de Taurines se découpait la masse imposante du château, comme une menace planant sur les rues désertes et les quelque 500 âmes de ce village aveyronnais. Un tableau qui restera à jamais gravé dans la mémoire de la jeune Syrienne.

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