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Recorded on August 20, 2016 via Skype.
Interview with Rami Anis, a 25-year-old Syrian swimmer who now resides in Belgium, and is participating in the Refugee Olympic Team under the Olympic flag, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
During this interview(conducted in Arabic with an English intro)Rami speaks of his journey to Turkey then, by dinghy with make shift tree branches for oars, to Greece and on to Belgium. He also discusses his training as a swimmer, his experience at the Rio Olympics 2016, and his thoughts regarding the refugee crisis around the world.