🎵 When You Have Nothing, Music Still Finds You
A mother sings a lullaby in a language no one around her understands. She hums it in a tent, holding her baby close. The song is old—older than the war, older than the camp, older than the silence that came after.
That’s the thing about music.
Even when you’ve lost your home, your country, your place in the world…
music stays.
On World Refugee Day, we’re not just remembering displacement.
We’re remembering resilience.
And one of the most powerful ways that resilience shows up is through sound.
Because music does what borders and barbed wire can’t stop:
It remembers where you came from.
It helps heal what was broken.
It tells your story when the world forgets to ask.
You’ll find music in refugee camps—makeshift drums from water jugs, songs sung softly under breath, kids dancing in the dust.
You’ll find it in exile—rap verses, choirs, protest songs, and heartache woven into every note.
It’s not always pretty.
But it’s always powerful.
“Even when we lost everything, we had our music.” – A Syrian musician in exile
So today, listen. Really listen.
To the artists who carry war and hope in the same breath:
🎶 Emmanuel Jal – from child soldier to hip-hop healer
🎶 M.I.A. – fierce, unfiltered, unforgettable
🎶 K’naan – telling the truth in every beat
🎶 Skip Marley, Martina McBride, and so many more lending their voices to those unheard
Music remembers what the world often forgets.
It travels light. It keeps the past alive.
And sometimes, it’s all someone has left.
Today, we honor refugees not just with silence, but with song.
🎤 Let the music play—for remembrance, for resistance, for rebuilding.
