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Pulse: How hip-hop fueled one young Syrian refugee’s journey

Lauren Frayer, border of Hungary and SerbiaOctober 28, 2015

When Basel fled his war-torn home country of Syria and survived the dangerous journey to Europe, one thing kept him going: hip-hop. The 23-year-old says music was his source of strength during the Syrian war - and now as a refugee in Germany. Our reporter Lauren Frayer met him at the Hungarian-Serbian border, where she was able to get a taste of Basel's freestyling skills.

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