A young poet tells the story of Darfur | Emtithal Mahmoud
Emtithal "Emi" Mahmoud writes poetry of resilience, confronting her experience of escaping the genocide in Darfur in verse. She shares two stirring original poems about refugees, family, joy and sorrow, asking, "Will you witness me?"
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If you're Sudanese put a ❤ for cuz we damn proud of her
@safaellis
4 ай бұрын
❤ I’m proud of her. She’s a beautiful woman very educated
she's so beautiful and inspiring ❤💕💞
so inspirational to see such a positive and creative person come out of such horrifying oppression.
I can't understand why some feel the need to demean this woman. This isn't a statement on Islam or geopolitics, it's goddamned poetry about genocide. Surely we can all agree genocide is tragic regardless of background.
@EMOchan246
7 жыл бұрын
Dylan Harris THANK YOU!
@abhishes
7 жыл бұрын
You are talking like a pure libtard. If she is doing the poetry about Genocide, then she must name "who" was behind the genocide. Read on wikipedia and you'll see the truth behind that evil head scarf.
@gamingboy-mo5zp
7 жыл бұрын
Abhishek Srivastava um it's their poem
@janifa231
7 жыл бұрын
And you're talking like a pitiful, sad, sad idiot. Honestly your inability to have ANY compassion or sympathy is so sickening. "Read on wikipedia" - no, get out of your damned house and educate yourself by talking to decent human beings.
@malicatsegay
7 жыл бұрын
Dylan, no one never experience as Sudanese people as Emtithal Mahmoud. you have no idea what you are taking about. I don't blame you though.
That was painful and beautiful, and I'm crying.
Omg!! She made me laugh and cry at the same time!! She is sooo powerful and beautiful and strong!! I am glad to live in an era where technology allows us to witness the courage of these amazing people!!
"a burning bush without God is just a fire"
@dr.fatimahuthman4819
5 жыл бұрын
❤️
@quranchannel4622
5 жыл бұрын
Peace. I know people learn from experience and all we had in life is GOD while growing up as refugee
Strong woman, with a positive smile even when talking about such harsh topic.
She has the heart and wisdom of a poet laureate. I am in awe. Thank you for sharing this.
Your poetry is so beautiful Emtithal. Thank you for sharing such beautiful words and expanding the perspective of your audience 💕
I was binge watching her yesterday haha. This same poem.
You are best Allah bless you and your land.
@lolbob1906
5 жыл бұрын
Ameen
It’s not a poetry this heart chilling composition.its a gut feeling and I wish her a happy future . I am overwhelmed ! ♥️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💐
So much love from Botswana,Africa
Thank you, Emi. Your courageous sharing makes the pain and suffering real to those of us privileged to not have experienced it directly. If we are comfortable, we are not doing enough to stop this from happening over and over again.
Thank you Emtithal for awakening my spirit.
Beautiful. Thank you very much. Now, why so little people who view this (on my count only 3.796) I mean, half the world needs to experience this, well, at least one billion people.
@anonymouswaddledee2805
7 жыл бұрын
Jeroen Heuvel I've never understood why, despite TED having so many subscribers, their videos get comparatively so few views. Sure, not everyone watches every video, but it still seems strange.
Proud of you sister.. Sending you waves of love from Sudan.. 💖 Keep doing the great work!
isn't it strange that your only problem was that your heart was too big?! 😍 how do come up with words when some words just left you wordstruck? much love.
@halfmad_philosopher9825
4 жыл бұрын
👍👍.....
wow!! so powerful and emotional😢😭❤👏👏Beautiful poem,so sad too.🙇🌏✌
after the first 30 seconds i realized this woman is a complete goddess
Poetry at itz finest thank you so much for sharing.
she is so beautiful physically,mind ans soul...masha Allah
@themagiccombterete5156
7 жыл бұрын
Allah the moon god/
@WayneJohnsonZastil
7 жыл бұрын
How can you tell she is wrapped up like a package?
@samsan1914
7 жыл бұрын
You dont need to Show your body...nudity is not necessary to recognize beauty
@themagiccombterete5156
7 жыл бұрын
Because not having a garbage bag on you is (nudity) to the primitive muslim mind.
I applaude you Emtithal for sharing your journey of pain and resilience which makes us actually go on the journey with you my little sister....May God continue to give you the words to teach and tell and encourage 🖤🤎🖤🤎
It's so sad what happened in darfur I love you guys and I see they will not erase us!!!
194 thumbs down? Really? 194 people lost something. Your humanity...
Allah with us sister, proud of you going on tell the world our struggles. god bless you.I hope one day we have peace.
I've not been as moved by a TED Talk since Sarah Kay's 'If I should have a daughter'. Spoken word is remarkable and this was a beautiful example.
First of all I love it what you do coz is y,re really terrific poetry thanks u for make us feel very proud
poetry at its best..so Alive..Witness me
Emtithal Mahmoud`s voice touches every sinew of human perception - it is an essential cry against the inhumanity of our age.
لك التحية ي اخت امتثال إلى الأمام
something interesting is how a lot of immigrants are introduced to a culture that its not their making it the only culture they know. I mention this due to how she refers Monday mornings and how the emphasis is based on western culture when in Muslim countries the start if the week is in Sundays.
I'm so proud of you sister keep it up
I love her😍
Waaaaw what a beauty is that we r proud of you siiis
Thanks for your my friend
Beautiful
This poet is wonderful
Thank you so much and i love you ❤️
Keep going my sister home we love you ❤️❤️
WITNESS ME!
@ductuslupus87
7 жыл бұрын
*WITNESSED*
@depression6088
7 жыл бұрын
*you have been witnessed*
@robthehitmanrude
7 жыл бұрын
What a day, What a lovely day!
@mud2479
7 жыл бұрын
YOU RIDE TO VALHALLA, SHINY AND CHROME
@Yakuzaboss22
7 жыл бұрын
MEDIOCRE, HANDSOAP.
Great!!! A little correction. It is called dilated cardiomyopathy not dilated Fibromyalgia .
Love this
nice emtithal mahmoud i hop all garil some like you
Wow.....
I watched almost many videos. I learn so many thing. thanks ted.
Many thanks my sister for your a great layrics about mama land darfur
I like you 💖💖💖AMTITHAL I great to u From the Paris France
can someone explain the phrase at 4:58 for my assignment
i need a hug, badly
Thank my sister
you tuched my heart! thank you for sharing
@tarektahan7759
6 жыл бұрын
shut up ur israeli, the definition of genocide and ethnic cleansing
Very inspiring. ماشالله عليكي
hagan subtítulos para los jóvenes que no tenemos suficiente conocimiento de inglés :(
Inspiring girl 💜💜💜
is this a reupload?
@franciscopuentes6049
4 жыл бұрын
I am
@RGT.
4 жыл бұрын
@@franciscopuentes6049 what ?
there weeks worth of fear before the camera is on!!! Wow!!
Nice one
Good luck my sister
❤️
👏👏
I wanna improve my English 😓😓😓
@KL0NT
7 жыл бұрын
Try online language courses or read english novels. That should improve your english drastically.
@karter_vg
7 жыл бұрын
De Jonkheer thanks you very much I well try
@user-hx1nr9ru1p
7 жыл бұрын
Try the phone app "duolinguo" - it's great.
@karter_vg
7 жыл бұрын
Adi thanks 🤗
@jkcreationz9118
7 жыл бұрын
الوعد الكاذب H yes as he said, this is how I improved my English. well. I offered literature in my high school but before I gained interest in literature I watched mostly English old movies. mostly love stories( romance) because they involve. more talking than action, you follow a story and that improves your listening and your spoken… wish you luck with. your journey
The last sentence for emtithal only humans who can understand
You look beautiful, Emi😊
This is the most beautiful and inspiring thing that caught me today.
Just give her a noble prize for what she is deserve to be...
10/3/2018❤️like
She’s gorgeous ❤️❤️
Is she from the North or South of Sudan?
@heba1879
3 жыл бұрын
North sudan but from the western part of it which is darfur
your story is beautiful but the delivery was of another soul called Michelle Obama or even barack. btw your outfit looks amazing
we must fight against apostate and blasphemy laws.
Why was this re uploaded?
@THEOVERTHINKER00
7 жыл бұрын
because it's too good
This comments section looks very pretentious.
@Miranox2
7 жыл бұрын
On every TED video there has to be some tool complaining about the comments. Congratulations, you are that person now.
dear امتثال محمود Had the world recognized the Armenian Genocide in 1915 (the first Genocide) perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks, all following Genocides would have been avoided and punished by international tribunals, including the Holocaust and Darfur and the ones yet to come. Each year, on the 24th of April, surviving Armenians and descendents commemorate this horrific act against Armenians hence all humans. 27 countries have already officially recognized the Arm. Genocide, the next can be yours.
@vh73sy
7 жыл бұрын
Which one is the first Genocide of the 20th century? Research who invented the word Genocide and on which case it was used first. Was the Armenian Genocide a moral axiom for Hitler not to commit a Holocaust? Why did he boast that he could get away with murder based on the past example? If you are misinformed or a denialist do not disrespect 1.5M victims of systematic annihilation, that might really be true as you investigate. I am the third generation of survivors I do not need your evidence nor logic anyway. 27 countries have already officially recognized it.
@vh73sy
7 жыл бұрын
We can go back before 1904 and find a more older example; but, nobody other than the inventor of the word knows it better how to use the term. He was a jew, Raphael Lemkin, who lived the concentration camps in Poland and used the term for Armenians first. We cannot talk on failure of prevention as long as recognition hence a legal military intervention was not formulated in an international watch-dog organization. Even if prevention fails recognition necessitates reparation the same way the Japanese did for China, Canada for its ethnic Asians, and Germany for both Poland and Israel. The Armenian archives are open to all, you are repeating the false Turkish version. History is written by the winner/perpetrator and it is easily falsified when real archives are in hold of the criminal. Armenians live today still in Turkey and peaceful activisits like Hrant Dink was shot dead from his back in broad daylight in Istanbul. Self-defence of a christian monirity against a crushing majority of muslims governed by a bunch of ultra-nationalistic masterminds is never betrayal per se. Not all the turks are criminals. Some Kurds were ignorantly involved too. German officials advised to prepare Turkey for a majority of Turks living in one state-nation; so Turks they ethnically cleansed all non-Turks like Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, and even today they do so for the Kurds in a pan-Turanistic dream of 100% Turkic state-nation.
@vh73sy
7 жыл бұрын
recognition, appology, reparation. this is the intention. We cannot stop you from killing your neighbor tonight but we can sue you for punishment and reparation. The same goes to masses. The fact of being well documented belittles the tragedy. And we don't want to go back to stone age mass eradications to prove priority. Grab this case and nourish it as a milestone it does not matter when we realize that it is evil. Killing one is crime, killing million is statistics?
@vh73sy
7 жыл бұрын
TheEmadia What about the Tutsis and the Hutus? Did the world recognize it as a Genocide? Where is the precedent that would set a standard and call for immediate intervention and afterwards tribunals and appology and punishment leading to reparation? There is a timing for everything and it so happened that Lempkin and the Armenian Genocide were the right occasion to set an example. This does nor wipe off the African instances that had an unfortunate timing in history. An international court arrested many Young Turks and in the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide but because of politicization the convicts escaped; Tehlirian killed one of them in revenge and was set free by court.
@vh73sy
7 жыл бұрын
TheEmadia Everybody knows everything, but many prefer to use the recognition of the Armenian Genocide as a political weapon against Turkey when times comes. Except for Latin American countries the motive of whom were purely humanitarian in favor or righteouseness as most of them recognized the Genocide. Do not overshadow the historical truth and blood of the innocent by an irrelevant disagreement of who is first, who chose what word etcetera... We cannot go back in time; but, eventually there will come the time of fair compensation.
ما في ترجمه عربي
@skyhikes
7 жыл бұрын
القناع المعكوس bad luck
@AteebDar
7 жыл бұрын
القناع المعكوس هل انت اعدف ألغت العربية
hmmm
3:37
that was scary.
my tribe is from darfur.
Wait, how can someone say a whole race of people don't deserve to exist??? That makes no sense.
(Your only problem is your heart is to big) you know people died from that.
258 veiws
@tomo4977
7 жыл бұрын
veiws :p
Those who dislike 🥔🥔🥔🥔
ترجمة
in relation to individuals that debate Islam in aljazeera in england. they dont have an opinion in what its like to live in a muslim monarchy or dictatorship. they dont have the right.
Hit like button if you are waiting for shahrukh khan speech ❤️
She says her people were being attacked because of their race but that isn’t an accurate portrayal of the conflict. All the people in Darfur and Sudan are black and all of them are African. This applies to Omar al-Bashir and his government as well as the Janjaweed and SDF and the “Arab” tribes co-opted into the security services. The western media has falsely portrayed the conflicts in Sudan in racial terms that fit the “Arab vs African” narrative.
@Mayday_06
3 жыл бұрын
Race is not the same in USA or Europe as it is in Africa.
She looks like a mmorpg potions seller
Cabrão
Why all the head Garb?
@SA-vw4ny
2 жыл бұрын
Why not?
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So she remembers
70% to be correct
First
@SamTheMan
7 жыл бұрын
WWWOOOWWW That's sooooo amazing... It's like winning the lottery, while having a premium cigar and a bottle of top-notch single malt scotch, while getting a foot massage by one of those japanese experts, while driving down the autobahn at 320 km/h, while planting a flag at the peak of Everest... I can't believe you did it!!! You're amazing... Can I get your autograph???
@criscris5519
7 жыл бұрын
Give-Me An-Infinity Oh WOW
1 like
Spoke Arabic
Please dress as Africans
Ew
You didn't need to wear the scarf or you could've changed your pants
@gingerbreadmars
5 жыл бұрын
That's all that you got out of the 11 mins of this, really