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A Kurdish refugee and a Brisbane musician form friendship worlds apart

Harry Phillips

Harry Phillips Source: SBS Kurdish

Harry Phillips is a Brisbane based musician, whose compassion for refugees and love of music resulted in an uncommon friendship online with a Kurdish musician Kazem Kazemi, who has been detained on Manus Island for six years. Now, Harry pays regular visits to Kazemi who is still detained in a Brisbane motel by the Australian government.



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