An 18-year-old girl came in for a pregnancy check-up. She was 8 months along, and this was her first visit. She was covered in bruises. They were from her husband. She curled up on her side on the exam bed, dry-eyed and calm as she told me more of her story. It was a …
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From the little she has
Sat in her home in Arizona, my Rohingya friend tells me how she tries very hard to send money to her family back in Myanmar and Bangladesh every month. It's sometimes difficult to give because she and her husband don't make a lot of extra money. However, she still desires to share and help her …
“Daktar Apa” : A friend to the Rohingya
The 27th August 2017 stands out to me. When my family and I heard that an armed military group from Myanmar had started to attack and kill Rohingya people we couldn’t believe it. We are from Chittagong, with many similarities in language and culture to the Rohingya people. Within a …