In this episode of Cerdan Stories, we hear again from Anouar RAHMANI, a young reader, writer and human rights defender. In last episode, we talked about his love of language and writing. Today we talk about how his commitment to rights, his own and those of others, have made it impossible for him to stay in Algeria. 

When asked for a song that is important to him, Anouar chose an old Algerian song called "Ya Rayah" about people who leave their country coming back, originally written by Dahman El Harrachi in the 70s and more recently redone by Rachid Taha. We play an excerpt during the episode but you can find the song its entirety here.

Thank you Anouar for sharing your thoughts, intelligence, and compassion with us. 

Thank you to Montana Skies for their song Gringo Flamenco, which we play at the beginning of the episode and which we got from Free Music Archives. 

Thank you to Michaela Prell, for her invaluable editing and support in creating this episode. 

Cerdan Stories is hosted by me, Rona Buchalter, a former director of refugee resettlement in the US and a lover of people's stories.

And most of all, thank YOU for listening and sharing Cerdan Stories. We hope you come back in two weeks for our next episode.

​Comments? Suggestions? Email me at cerdan@cerdan.org.