Storytelling

Amna uses storytelling to fight for a world where refugees’ rights and identities are respected, celebrated and supported. Our storytelling is reflective of our wider trauma-sensitive, values-based and identity-informed approach and we engage with different medias to change the narrative on refugees’ rights and wellbeing and advocate for a kinder, compassionate approach to those fleeing crisis.

First-person storytelling, particularly regarding forced displacement, is important for many reasons. Forcibly displaced communities are often talked ‘about’ and do not always have a chance to tell their story on their own terms. This is what Sada enabled our storytellers to do- share messages about their experiences that they wanted audiences to understand. By highlighting authentic voices and stories told on peoples own terms, we offered a counter-narrative to simplistic refugee stories in the mainstream.