What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war
As the world contemplates the wave of refugees leaving Ukraine, Robert F. Barsky for the Conversation (“What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war“) writes that classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to The Grapes of Wrath.
Of course, movies and songs also have much to say about the refugee experience.
KJ
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