Something Understood

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Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: New Homes, Strange Lands

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New Homes, Strange Lands

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, New Homes, Strange Lands

Mark Tully considers the difficulty and the potential of making a home in new country.

Mark Tully explores the hardships and the joys of making your home in a new country and talks to the Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences.

Mark Tully explores the pleasures, the pain and the potentials of making your home in a new country, both for those who choose to do so and for those forced to by circumstance. 
 
He talks to Syrian poet, writer and refugee Ghias Aljundi about his experiences of becoming a British citizen and he draws on the work of musicians and writers from all round the world, who have lived in more than one country. 
 
There are readings from the work of Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul and Gustavo Perez Firmat and music from Hans Gal and Maryam Mursai.
 
The readers are Samantha Bond, Sam Dastor and Ivan Pilo.
 
Presenter: Mark Tully
 
Producer: Frank Stirling
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