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STORY: TURKEY / REFUGEE RAP
TRT: 1.44
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 13 JUNE, 2013, KILIS REFUGEE CAMP, TURKEY
1. Wide shot, camp's community building.
2. Close up, sound board
3. Med shot, testing soundboard
4. Wide shot, two children standing by tent
5. Wide shot, woman with baby walking by
6. Wide shot, street filled with children
7. Med shot, teacher in camp's community building
8. Med shot, Hassam rapping
9. Close up, fingers on Sound board
10. Med shot, children watching
11. Wide shot, children watching
12. Med shot, Hassam rapping
13. Wide shot, rapping girls
14. Med shot, Nur Rapping
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nur Janudi, Syrian Refugee:
“Rap is an art. We hear stories outside on the street and we convert them into rap. Doing this gives power and energy for all of us who perform it."
16. Wide shot, Hassam rapping and another boy dancing
17. Med shot, Hassam rapping
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassam Muglaj, Syrian Refugee:
"It's true that the Arabic is difficult, there are other languages more suitable for rap, but with regular practice you can manage to do it well. Just like with anything else, if you focus hard, you can achieve what you want."
19. Wide shot, more dancing from boy
20. Wide shot, Hassam rapping and other boy dancing
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassam Muglaj, Syrian Refugee:
"Every time when I sing rap the first thing which comes to my mind, remembering my friends back home in Syria. They are the ones who taught and encouraged me. Just like two or three Iraqi friends of mine, they also performed rap there and trained me a lot."
22. Med shot, boy dancing
23. Wide shot, children watching
24. Wide shot, boy dancing
Outside is the sprawling Kilis refugee camp, home to 12,000 Syrians now camped on the Syrian Turkish border.
Inside, the ‘Youth Movement of Damascus’ is warming up. Every second day it’s rap music.
The audio equipment comes from the camp management. The enthusiasm comes from the young Syrians, who perform for some of the camp children.
And rap isn’t just for the boys. Girls, two of them, rap too.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nur Janudi, Syrian Refugee:
“Rap is an art. We hear stories outside on the street and we convert them into rap. Doing this gives power and energy for all of us who perform it."
Music, and the staccato chatter of rap, connect these young people to a world and a future that still seems far away.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassam Muglaj, Syrian Refugee:
"It's true that the Arabic is difficult, there are other languages more suitable for rap, but with regular practice you can manage to do it well. Just like with anything else, if you focus hard, you can achieve what you want."
The rappers put into words a longing for home and friends.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hassam Muglaj, Syrian Refugee:
"Every time when I sing rap the first thing which comes to my mind, remembering my friends back home in Syria. They are the ones who taught and encouraged me. Just like two or three Iraqi friends of mine, they also performed rap there and trained me a lot."
Alongside rap, there’s also dance. Mustafa, one of the young men, offers a glimpse of his talents.
