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"The Secret Lives of Refugees" airs on Thursday, June 19th at 7 pm

This eye-opening episode reveals the camp’s medieval medical practices, from bleeding to burning, and the butcher who moonlights as the camp surgeon. Find out why the refugees are willing to let Muhammad operate on their babies with nothing more than a rusty hook, and why they’d rather get their medications from Victor, a refugee with no medical training - even though there’s a western hospital right inside the camp.

Explore the camp’s thriving underground economy - bakers and barbers, dirt-poor brick makers, and the tanners whose work comes with devastating consequences. Glimpse the local grain-milling mafia and the women who dare to brew illegal beer for a willing male clientele. Find out how the camp merchant has managed to acquire a pile of money – and the third wife he plans to buy with it. Watch a seven-year-old boy at his circumcision ceremony, knowing that his future depends on his courage under the knife. Join a camp celebration, where the young people have a most unusual way to attract mates, and get a ringside seat at the wedding of the century – between the fifteen-year-old daughter of a sultan and the son of a general. Finally, discover the surprising truth behind the madrassa, the camp Koranic school and its extraordinary teacher.

"The Secret Lives of Refugees" on Sudan's Secret Side, Pt. 1 airs on Thursday, June 19th at 7:00 pm.