Daughters of Donbas: Songs of Stolen Children

Daughters of Donbas: Songs of Stolen Children

March 25, 2026

Bring Them Home Listening Post 395. The song is tender and spellbinding, even without reading the translated lyrics. It’s title, 4.5.0., is Ukrainian military code for “All is well,” and it paints a dream trapped in the heart of every parent and every child’s...
Jamala: Qirim

Jamala: Qirim

February 28, 2024

Raising Her Voice Listening Post 378. Often faulted for kitsch, the Eurovision Song Contest achieved gravitas in 2016 when organizers stood up to Russian protests over Ukraine’s winning entry, 1944, about Stalin’s deportation of 200,000 Crimean Tatars to central Asia...