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- In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that, 800 years later, will save her life.
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Feb 25, 2023 · Lamya’s Poem draws parallels between the Syrian refugee crisis (along with the prejudice Lamya faces when she ends up in an unspecified European country) and Rumi’s own emigration from...
- Petrana Radulovic
His personal crisis crosses time and space to intersect with the story of another child fleeing war: Lamya, a contemporary Syrian girl, escaping the current humanitarian catastrophe in her country. As Lamya makes her own harrowing journey, she increasingly depends on a book of Rumi's poetry.
Oct 8, 2021 · It follows a 12-year-old refugee Layma (Millie Davis) who finds a magic book of poetry while fleeing her home in Syria. The book becomes a gateway, connecting her with Rumi at the time in his life when he was also a young refugee running away from Mongol hordes.
- Ash Crossan
Feb 21, 2023 · Tragically, this scene is based in reality. “Our hope is that people see themselves in the plight of refugees,” Abdul Rahman wrote. “This is a story about a father and son, Baha Walad and Rumi, and a mother and daughter, Lamya’s mother and Lamya. Their lives, dreams, aspirations are not so different than yours or mine.”
Mar 24, 2023 · “Lamya’s Poem” centers around a Syrian refugee girl named Lamya who draws strength from the verses of ancient poet Rumi after violence forces her to flee from her country.
- Nick Vivarelli
Oct 7, 2021 · In the animated film 'Lamya's Poem,' a young Syrian girl is forced to flee her home after it's destroyed in an airstrike, and finds solace in poetry.
Feb 10, 2023 · Written, directed, and produced by Alexander Kronemer (The Sultan and The Saint), Lamya’s Poem illustrates how the verse of Persian poet and Islamic scholar Jalaluddin Rumi becomes a lifeline for 12-year-old Lamya, a fictional child dealing with the real-life civil war in Aleppo in 2016.
