Singing with the girls

It is a stary night. And to see the stars here is as if you see them for the first time. Around us it´s completely dark, and the stars and the moos are like burning fires in the Saharan night sky.

We are sitting outside in the warm night with a group of 12 year old girls, and they are doing what they love the most. They are singing.

Every now and then, they gather up, get a big metal plate that they use as a drum, and they sing. They sing everything from “a star for Polisario”, Saharawi traditional songs to Shakira.

Many people back home have a pretty fixed idea about what the life of a refugee is like. And even though these girls certainly have had their fair share of hardship, when they gather around their metal plate, they are just like any Norwegian grils just wanting to have some fun with their friends.