Young men and women between twenty and thirty years of age from all over the world, who attempt to bring about change, fighting for the environment, minority groups, women, and freedom… Aurélie Charon and Caroline Gillet met them for a documentary series created for France Inter and France Culture and invite them here to tell their stories on stage. From Algiers, Moscow, Teheran, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Beirut, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Casablanca, New Delhi, Bombay, Dakar, and France, these young people share their stories and hopes in this theatrical radio programme, punctuated by live music sessions and drawings created on the spot by Amélie Bonnin. A very welcome breath of positive real-life energy!

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Karam Al Kafri, 29, Syria
Karam grew up in the Palestinian camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria. In 2011 he was just 18 years old and was blacklisted by the regime for having participated in the Revolution. His father managed to get him to go to Moscow to study; he stayed there for a year before going to Paris. He learned Russian, then French. His mother and sister arrived in Marseille, via Egypt. He played in the film “Meltem” by Basile Doganis. He is a computer engineer.

Assmaa Samlali, 25 years old, Morocco
Assmaa grew up in Casablanca, in a conservative religious family. Her parents didn’t like her desire to make films and do theater. She left to study cinema alone in Ouarzazate, before having to leave Morocco: she was threatened because of her commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. She pursued theater at the Comédie de St Etienne and is now an actress in France.

Liza and Sofia Kovalova, 25, twin sisters, Ukraine
Liza and Sofia grew up in Dnipro, Ukraine. They are architects and managers, and they left Ukraine together by train for Romania after the war started in March 2020. Since then, they have been working in Timisoara in a school for Ukrainian refugee children. Their parents and siblings joined them in the summer of 2022. Their grandmothers are still in Dnipro.