TED Talks Society and Culture

The real-life superheroes helping Syrian refugees | Feras Fayyad

05.24.2021 - By TEDPlay

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Society has a set of stories it tells itself about who refugees are and what they look like, says documentarian and TED Fellow Feras Fayyad. With his films, he's on a mission to separate the facts about refugees from fiction, as a form of resistance -- for himself, his daughter and the millions of other Syrian refugees across the world. A harrowing account, a quest to end injustice and a testament to the power of storytelling.

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