Refuge#29 Safe games such as chess
Even playing chess was dangerous during Saddam Hussein's rule. So Iba translates for the Americans when they arrive, but the violence doesn't stop.
Refuge #28 Think of Lenin
In 1979, Sabah was jailed in Iraq for being a communist. He and Lamia describe how political dissent, imprisonment and war affected them.
Refuge #27: The Actress
Iraqi playwright Sabah Al-anbari falls in love with his leading lady. Their families strongly object because Sabah is Muslim while Lamia is Mandae.
Refuge #26 The last scene
Sabah, an Iraqi playwright, describes the last scene of violence his family witnessed enroute to Jordan, where they hoped to apply for asylum to Australia.
Refuge #25 A playwright and his chess-playing daughter
After the ousting of Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi playwright is blacklisted and his daughter, a chess champion, is told not to visit the chess centre anymore.
Refuge #24 High Risk Tickets
Suthan's search for work pays off and he begins a family of his own. Suthan talks about parenting in a different culture and Barbara talks about her mother.
Refuge #23 Don’t Touch the Hot Plate
Suthan speaks openly about coping with depression and how depression still affects some of his friends who were in detention with him.
Refuge #22 Blue Flowerpots and Pink Champagne
Suthan gradually overcomes severe depression, enrols to study and finds a way to repay legal fees with the help of the Blackwood Circle of Friends.
Refuge #21 Windows face inward
Sri Lankan refugee, Suthan, despaired of ever being free again as he saw other detainees released from Baxter and resorted to desperate measures.