{"id":7210,"date":"2023-06-20T17:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:09:02","slug":"wrd-knaan-refugee-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2023\/wrd-knaan-refugee-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day: New Music Video from Somali Musician K&#8217;NAAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RefugeeHub\/status\/1671190885525061632\">The Refugee Hub<\/a>, LERRN is pleased to announce that Award-winning Somali musician <\/span><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNAAN\">K&#8217;naan<\/a>&#8216;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">s new music video &#8220;Refugee&#8221; is out on <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldRefugeeDay?src=hashtag_click\">World Refugee Day<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;Growing up, every time someone called me a refugee, I recoiled. I wanted to flip the meaning of the word, and make it something that people will wear proudly.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">K\u2019naan.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His first full album in 10 years will follow this summer. The music video for &#8220;Refugee&#8221; can be found on YouTube:<\/p>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"K&#039;NAAN - Refugee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9P-xy3ZpA90?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns\"><div class=\"columns__two\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Refugee Hub is delighted to celebrate the talented award-winning musician, filmmaker, writer, and proud <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/refugee?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#refugee<\/a> K\u2019naan as he releases beautiful new work on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/worldrefugeeday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#worldrefugeeday<\/a>. Congratulations on the new song <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNAAN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KNAAN<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ZsPz5SYJC\">https:\/\/t.co\/3ZsPz5SYJC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Refugee Hub (@RefugeeHub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RefugeeHub\/status\/1671190885525061632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__two\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My new song, Refugee, released today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldRefugeeDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldRefugeeDay<\/a> full video here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pl2EryjWUx\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pl2EryjWUx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HW0B7zjVI3\">pic.twitter.com\/HW0B7zjVI3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 K&#8217;naan Warsame (@KNAAN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNAAN\/status\/1671184737845518339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alongside The Refugee Hub, LERRN is pleased to announce that Award-winning Somali musician K&#8217;naan&#8216;s new music video &#8220;Refugee&#8221; is out on World Refugee Day. &#8220;Growing up, every time someone called me a refugee, I recoiled. 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