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	Podcast:		Ideas from CBC Radio (Highlights)
	Episode:		Imprisoned Syrian wrote poetry imagining the fall of the regime. Now it's come true
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:54:09
	Publish Date:		2025-10-10 19:10:00
	Description:		For 14 years, Syrian poet Faraj Bayrakdar was imprisoned and tortured in a series of prisons. He found refuge in writing poetry. Now, the poems he wrote imagining the collapse of the regime are a reality. In December, 2024, the rule of Syria’s longtime president Bashar al Assad did collapse. Bayrakdar tells host Nahlah Ayed how the freedom within is greater than any prison. This episode originally aired on Dec. 19, 2024. Fill out our listener survey here*. We appreciate your input!
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