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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  • @issasd1172
    @issasd11725 жыл бұрын

    If you're Sudanese put a ❤ for cuz we damn proud of her

  • @safaellis

    @safaellis

    4 ай бұрын

    ❤ I’m proud of her. She’s a beautiful woman very educated

  • @rowanarmit3697
    @rowanarmit36977 жыл бұрын

    she's so beautiful and inspiring ❤💕💞

  • @bensummer6217
    @bensummer62177 жыл бұрын

    so inspirational to see such a positive and creative person come out of such horrifying oppression.

  • @dylanharris5426
    @dylanharris54267 жыл бұрын

    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

    @EMOchan246

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Harris THANK YOU!

  • @abhishes

    @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

    @gamingboy-mo5zp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Abhishek Srivastava um it's their poem

  • @janifa231

    @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

    @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.

  • @mentalbarf655
    @mentalbarf6557 жыл бұрын

    That was painful and beautiful, and I'm crying.

  • @Kaizen425
    @Kaizen4257 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @paulthechristian5126
    @paulthechristian51267 жыл бұрын

    "a burning bush without God is just a fire"

  • @dr.fatimahuthman4819

    @dr.fatimahuthman4819

    5 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @quranchannel4622

    @quranchannel4622

    5 жыл бұрын

    Peace. I know people learn from experience and all we had in life is GOD while growing up as refugee

  • @rcookie5128
    @rcookie51287 жыл бұрын

    Strong woman, with a positive smile even when talking about such harsh topic.

  • @brendarua01
    @brendarua017 жыл бұрын

    She has the heart and wisdom of a poet laureate. I am in awe. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @Nicole-st2uv
    @Nicole-st2uv7 жыл бұрын

    Your poetry is so beautiful Emtithal. Thank you for sharing such beautiful words and expanding the perspective of your audience 💕

  • @keeganhall8034
    @keeganhall80347 жыл бұрын

    I was binge watching her yesterday haha. This same poem.

  • @onnoha6946
    @onnoha69466 жыл бұрын

    You are best Allah bless you and your land.

  • @lolbob1906

    @lolbob1906

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ameen

  • @jayoopatwardhan4040
    @jayoopatwardhan40402 жыл бұрын

    It’s not a poetry this heart chilling composition.its a gut feeling and I wish her a happy future . I am overwhelmed ! ♥️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💐

  • @katokebofhe738
    @katokebofhe7384 жыл бұрын

    So much love from Botswana,Africa

  • @chrisbrazelton1719
    @chrisbrazelton1719 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zeeluttybara5127
    @zeeluttybara51277 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Emtithal for awakening my spirit.

  • @JeroenHeuvel
    @JeroenHeuvel7 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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.

  • @MetaPhysical369
    @MetaPhysical3694 жыл бұрын

    Proud of you sister.. Sending you waves of love from Sudan.. 💖 Keep doing the great work!

  • @priyaagarwal12
    @priyaagarwal127 жыл бұрын

    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

    @halfmad_philosopher9825

    4 жыл бұрын

    👍👍.....

  • @carolyn6689
    @carolyn66897 жыл бұрын

    wow!! so powerful and emotional😢😭❤👏👏Beautiful poem,so sad too.🙇🌏✌

  • @charlesoftheritz
    @charlesoftheritz6 жыл бұрын

    after the first 30 seconds i realized this woman is a complete goddess

  • @mrkenz7566
    @mrkenz75666 жыл бұрын

    Poetry at itz finest thank you so much for sharing.

  • @samsan1914
    @samsan19147 жыл бұрын

    she is so beautiful physically,mind ans soul...masha Allah

  • @themagiccombterete5156

    @themagiccombterete5156

    7 жыл бұрын

    Allah the moon god/

  • @WayneJohnsonZastil

    @WayneJohnsonZastil

    7 жыл бұрын

    How can you tell she is wrapped up like a package?

  • @samsan1914

    @samsan1914

    7 жыл бұрын

    You dont need to Show your body...nudity is not necessary to recognize beauty

  • @themagiccombterete5156

    @themagiccombterete5156

    7 жыл бұрын

    Because not having a garbage bag on you is (nudity) to the primitive muslim mind.

  • @alana6779
    @alana67792 жыл бұрын

    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 🖤🤎🖤🤎

  • @omar403o7
    @omar403o73 жыл бұрын

    It's so sad what happened in darfur I love you guys and I see they will not erase us!!!

  • @bujoun76
    @bujoun767 жыл бұрын

    194 thumbs down? Really? 194 people lost something. Your humanity...

  • @abubakerharoun8840
    @abubakerharoun88407 ай бұрын

    Allah with us sister, proud of you going on tell the world our struggles. god bless you.I hope one day we have peace.

  • @roelno
    @roelno7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wchoyahya8433
    @wchoyahya84336 жыл бұрын

    First of all I love it what you do coz is y,re really terrific poetry thanks u for make us feel very proud

  • @susmitagurung2712
    @susmitagurung27127 жыл бұрын

    poetry at its best..so Alive..Witness me

  • @ghalibiqbalsheriff8314
    @ghalibiqbalsheriff83144 жыл бұрын

    Emtithal Mahmoud`s voice touches every sinew of human perception - it is an essential cry against the inhumanity of our age.

  • @user-cz4dq7fz9m
    @user-cz4dq7fz9m3 жыл бұрын

    لك التحية ي اخت امتثال إلى الأمام

  • @DanielPerez-jm6nt
    @DanielPerez-jm6nt7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @loreyoungtech
    @loreyoungtech5 жыл бұрын

    I'm so proud of you sister keep it up

  • @negradramaa2439
    @negradramaa24395 жыл бұрын

    I love her😍

  • @lifeishope3063
    @lifeishope30633 жыл бұрын

    Waaaaw what a beauty is that we r proud of you siiis

  • @MUHSSIM
    @MUHSSIM3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your my friend

  • @adilhaneef
    @adilhaneef7 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @JAMRadio1981
    @JAMRadio19814 жыл бұрын

    This poet is wonderful

  • @luciejouma8819
    @luciejouma88192 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much and i love you ❤️

  • @aliarja7959
    @aliarja79596 жыл бұрын

    Keep going my sister home we love you ❤️❤️

  • @Hands0ap
    @Hands0ap7 жыл бұрын

    WITNESS ME!

  • @ductuslupus87

    @ductuslupus87

    7 жыл бұрын

    *WITNESSED*

  • @depression6088

    @depression6088

    7 жыл бұрын

    *you have been witnessed*

  • @robthehitmanrude

    @robthehitmanrude

    7 жыл бұрын

    What a day, What a lovely day!

  • @mud2479

    @mud2479

    7 жыл бұрын

    YOU RIDE TO VALHALLA, SHINY AND CHROME

  • @Yakuzaboss22

    @Yakuzaboss22

    7 жыл бұрын

    MEDIOCRE, HANDSOAP.

  • @osmanasad
    @osmanasad6 жыл бұрын

    Great!!! A little correction. It is called dilated cardiomyopathy not dilated Fibromyalgia .

  • @la-toyankuna4354
    @la-toyankuna43545 жыл бұрын

    Love this

  • @husseinabdelrahman7723
    @husseinabdelrahman77236 жыл бұрын

    nice emtithal mahmoud i hop all garil some like you

  • @thebestusername5852
    @thebestusername58527 жыл бұрын

    Wow.....

  • @bangaltalk8939
    @bangaltalk89397 жыл бұрын

    I watched almost many videos. I learn so many thing. thanks ted.

  • @muntasirmukhtarahmedateem8881
    @muntasirmukhtarahmedateem88817 жыл бұрын

    Many thanks my sister for your a great layrics about mama land darfur

  • @isamdwood2078
    @isamdwood20786 жыл бұрын

    I like you 💖💖💖AMTITHAL I great to u From the Paris France

  • @chickenninja6634
    @chickenninja66343 жыл бұрын

    can someone explain the phrase at 4:58 for my assignment

  • @mitulblue1
    @mitulblue17 жыл бұрын

    i need a hug, badly

  • @huzeifaaliahmed5100
    @huzeifaaliahmed51006 жыл бұрын

    Thank my sister

  • @user-ox3lz3ph4y
    @user-ox3lz3ph4y7 жыл бұрын

    you tuched my heart! thank you for sharing

  • @tarektahan7759

    @tarektahan7759

    6 жыл бұрын

    shut up ur israeli, the definition of genocide and ethnic cleansing

  • @starberry22
    @starberry227 жыл бұрын

    Very inspiring. ماشالله عليكي

  • @Nicolas-jg4em
    @Nicolas-jg4em7 жыл бұрын

    hagan subtítulos para los jóvenes que no tenemos suficiente conocimiento de inglés :(

  • @adiladam4070
    @adiladam40704 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring girl 💜💜💜

  • @RGT.
    @RGT.7 жыл бұрын

    is this a reupload?

  • @franciscopuentes6049

    @franciscopuentes6049

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am

  • @RGT.

    @RGT.

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@franciscopuentes6049 what ?

  • @pln4679
    @pln46792 жыл бұрын

    there weeks worth of fear before the camera is on!!! Wow!!

  • @londonkhartoum4341
    @londonkhartoum43416 жыл бұрын

    Nice one

  • @sadama8237
    @sadama82376 жыл бұрын

    Good luck my sister

  • @JoellaBa
    @JoellaBa6 жыл бұрын

    ❤️

  • @loganmarkland2452
    @loganmarkland24526 жыл бұрын

    👏👏

  • @karter_vg
    @karter_vg7 жыл бұрын

    I wanna improve my English 😓😓😓

  • @KL0NT

    @KL0NT

    7 жыл бұрын

    Try online language courses or read english novels. That should improve your english drastically.

  • @karter_vg

    @karter_vg

    7 жыл бұрын

    De Jonkheer thanks you very much I well try

  • @user-hx1nr9ru1p

    @user-hx1nr9ru1p

    7 жыл бұрын

    Try the phone app "duolinguo" - it's great.

  • @karter_vg

    @karter_vg

    7 жыл бұрын

    Adi thanks 🤗

  • @jkcreationz9118

    @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

  • @ameerimad7425
    @ameerimad74257 жыл бұрын

    The last sentence for emtithal only humans who can understand

  • @krystalharris1259
    @krystalharris12595 жыл бұрын

    You look beautiful, Emi😊

  • @shefalideshwali6125
    @shefalideshwali61257 жыл бұрын

    This is the most beautiful and inspiring thing that caught me today.

  • @jaydevsinhsolanki9323
    @jaydevsinhsolanki93237 жыл бұрын

    Just give her a noble prize for what she is deserve to be...

  • @aliarja7959
    @aliarja79596 жыл бұрын

    10/3/2018❤️like

  • @emilypetsche1
    @emilypetsche14 жыл бұрын

    She’s gorgeous ❤️❤️

  • @alchemistlogic9421
    @alchemistlogic94215 жыл бұрын

    Is she from the North or South of Sudan?

  • @heba1879

    @heba1879

    3 жыл бұрын

    North sudan but from the western part of it which is darfur

  • @PoetPedro1976
    @PoetPedro19767 жыл бұрын

    your story is beautiful but the delivery was of another soul called Michelle Obama or even barack. btw your outfit looks amazing

  • @morbidblade
    @morbidblade7 жыл бұрын

    we must fight against apostate and blasphemy laws.

  • @Yarshy.
    @Yarshy.7 жыл бұрын

    Why was this re uploaded?

  • @THEOVERTHINKER00

    @THEOVERTHINKER00

    7 жыл бұрын

    because it's too good

  • @poorqualityproductions7226
    @poorqualityproductions72267 жыл бұрын

    This comments section looks very pretentious.

  • @Miranox2

    @Miranox2

    7 жыл бұрын

    On every TED video there has to be some tool complaining about the comments. Congratulations, you are that person now.

  • @vh73sy
    @vh73sy7 жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @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.

  • @ammaralknani169
    @ammaralknani1697 жыл бұрын

    ما في ترجمه عربي

  • @skyhikes

    @skyhikes

    7 жыл бұрын

    القناع المعكوس bad luck

  • @AteebDar

    @AteebDar

    7 жыл бұрын

    القناع المعكوس هل انت اعدف ألغت العربية

  • @7sealsr3vs
    @7sealsr3vs7 жыл бұрын

    hmmm

  • @TN-cn8kk
    @TN-cn8kk6 жыл бұрын

    3:37

  • @jetblack3680
    @jetblack36804 жыл бұрын

    that was scary.

  • @undertoned-418
    @undertoned-4187 жыл бұрын

    my tribe is from darfur.

  • @buttergurls6401
    @buttergurls64016 жыл бұрын

    Wait, how can someone say a whole race of people don't deserve to exist??? That makes no sense.

  • @jackydamis1137
    @jackydamis11374 жыл бұрын

    (Your only problem is your heart is to big) you know people died from that.

  • @JayScroggins
    @JayScroggins7 жыл бұрын

    258 veiws

  • @tomo4977

    @tomo4977

    7 жыл бұрын

    veiws :p

  • @TenzinKonchok
    @TenzinKonchok7 жыл бұрын

    Those who dislike 🥔🥔🥔🥔

  • @deema11235
    @deema112357 жыл бұрын

    ترجمة

  • @DanielPerez-jm6nt
    @DanielPerez-jm6nt7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rahulpareek328
    @rahulpareek3287 жыл бұрын

    Hit like button if you are waiting for shahrukh khan speech ❤️

  • @stephenbrand5661
    @stephenbrand56614 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Mayday_06

    3 жыл бұрын

    Race is not the same in USA or Europe as it is in Africa.

  • @Opethfannumberone
    @Opethfannumberone7 жыл бұрын

    She looks like a mmorpg potions seller

  • @HStryker12
    @HStryker127 жыл бұрын

    Cabrão

  • @PA16803
    @PA168037 жыл бұрын

    Why all the head Garb?

  • @SA-vw4ny

    @SA-vw4ny

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why not?

  • @Alex-me8xo
    @Alex-me8xo7 жыл бұрын

    .

  • @erricomalatesta2557
    @erricomalatesta25577 жыл бұрын

    So she remembers

  • @lukagetsadze6127
    @lukagetsadze61274 жыл бұрын

    70% to be correct

  • @give-mean-infinity9431
    @give-mean-infinity94317 жыл бұрын

    First

  • @SamTheMan

    @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

    @criscris5519

    7 жыл бұрын

    Give-Me An-Infinity Oh WOW

  • @aliriyad6314
    @aliriyad63147 жыл бұрын

    1 like

  • @ammaralknani169
    @ammaralknani1697 жыл бұрын

    Spoke Arabic

  • @khalilyousif6119
    @khalilyousif61196 жыл бұрын

    Please dress as Africans

  • @Thebeatlesarenotdead
    @Thebeatlesarenotdead7 жыл бұрын

    Ew

  • @muhzadful
    @muhzadful6 жыл бұрын

    You didn't need to wear the scarf or you could've changed your pants

  • @gingerbreadmars

    @gingerbreadmars

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's all that you got out of the 11 mins of this, really