In this episode we speak with our mother, Shukri, about her experience of rebuilding the city of her youth, Mogadishu. In this episode we follow her path from a student to a refugee and her journey to achieving her dream of becoming an architect in Mogadishu.

Mariam and Abira share their experiences of creating spaces to understand and preserve lost history. In this episode we cover the complications of logging history from countries that have been through war, and why nostalgia can sometimes get in the way of finding the truth.

For most of her adult life, Alice felt like her story wasn’t her own. In this episode, Alice shares how she makes sense of her story, and the consequences of sharing her past.

Nuradin tells how letter tapes give him a connection to family that he will cherish forever. Nuradin shared letter tapes with his family when he first left home to stay in communication. But now, all these years later, the tapes mean even more than he ever expected.

Letter tapes are cassette tapes recorded with messages from families and friends. In this episode, we discover how these tapes became a window into the world before a war.

This episode explores Surer and Saredo’s father’s journey after losing his career as a pilot after the Somali Civil War. The former Somali Airlines pilot was forced to reimagine his future after on-going conflict destroyed his industry, and eventually his home.