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Belad Al-karkhey

Refugee artists 'Chasing Home' through spoken poetry

Poetry has become a tool for activism for Somalian refugee poet Hani Abdile. (HANDOUT/ORIGINAL SPIN)

Separated from loved ones and smuggled onto a fishing boat at age 16, Hani Abdile fled Somalia in search of a new home, only to find it in poetry.

She was detained on Christmas Island for 11 months before arriving in Australia in 2013, with nothing but her writing to provide comfort during the dark times.

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