A Glimpse of the Life and Relocation of Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Samia’s old Family Home in Jerusalem (taken 2017) By Sidney Kuri Poor In the Spring of 1948, Samia Halaby’s family fled their home. At age 11, Samia was…
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The Invisible Front
Russian Exiles Who Crossed Lines to Aid Ukraine Roman (right) flew with 26 duffel bags of aid for Ukrainian troops By Mariel Povolny The Organizer It was February 27, 2022— three days after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Organizer…
Heavy Lifting from Kampala’s Streets to U.S. Citizenship
A young immigrant’s success story after being orphaned at age five, and how he found faith through his experiences. Anthony’s professional headshot, provided by the NACC By Katie Ryan Anthony Mugagga started running drugs for prostitutes in Kampala at the…
Pens of Longwood: How a Rohingya Poet is Helping his Community Rediscover Their Voices
Amidst violence and strife, Ali Mayyu found refuge and resistance in his writing. Now, he is passing it on, teaching Rohingya youth that their voices matter A mural made by Rohingya through the Rohingya Memorialization Project. Each sub-image is an…
A Stateless Odyssey From Peshwar to New York
Reshad Sharif has battled impersonal bureaucracies and Taliban soldiers across the world in his struggle to carve out a home. By Juhi Srivastava In the summer of 2011, Reshad Sharif found himself sitting on the steps in front of the…
Sweden: no longer a place of refuge
The Swedish Migration Agency knowingly maintains a culture of abuse in its detention centers. By Maria Thornton Many migrants and asylum seekers dream of safety in Sweden but many find themselves trapped in nightmarish conditions instead. The Swedish Migration Agency,…
‘I Still Have PTSD’: A Year After India’s Devastating Second Covid Wave
How a misplaced sense of complacency and botched government response contributed to a disaster in the country’s capital city. By Raghavi Sharma When Rakesh Bhardwaj and his wife Seema tested positive for COVID-19 on April 17, 2021, days after receiving…
Sourceable and the search for trusted reporting
A new platform aims to reinstill trust in reporting. By Segal Shahaf After Lena witnessed the difficulties Syrian activists had with sharing their stories, she founded Sourceable, a platform that seeks to generate trust between witnesses of human rights abuses…
No Monetary Justice for Pashtun Victims of the War on Terror
Pakistani compensation law for victims of war and terrorism fails to reach many Pashtuns due to weak enforcement, high legal barriers, and lack of political influence for victims. By Shalini Rao In 2016, the Pakistani military blew up Ali Wazir’s…
A Lack of Reflection Cripples Nepal’s Aid Industry
Former expats in Nepal’s foreign aid industry reflect on the identity crises that came with their careers By Nick Kraft Nepal is an aid-dependent country, with aid accounting for 23 percent of its national budget. The money translates into a…