Rewriting Our Narrative: Syria’s Lost Generation | Abd Al-Rahman Traboulsi | TEDxOhioStateUniversity

Abd Al-Rahman shares his personal experiences on the ground in Syria, offering an intimate perspective to challenge the misconceptions about the Syrian conflict and attempts to humanize the conditions of the countless lives stuck on the brink of a lost future.
Abd Al-Rahman Traboulsi is a Syrian-American student at the Ohio State University studying Biomedical Engineering. Since the Syrian revolution began he has been working to aid civilians and refugees afflicted by the crisis, travelling to the refugee camps and field hospitals with UOSSM. Abd Al-Rahman founded Refuge, an organization that pairs adolescent refugees with college students in a mentorship program that focus on social acclimation and accessibility to higher education.
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