“You fast too?” Sami asked. I looked at her incredulously, “Fasting has been around much longer than Islam has…” I answered facetiously. This opened a big box of questions my friend had regarding fasting and conversation opened up about the different kinds of fasting – with water, without water, …
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A gift for you
So many of my Rohingya friends have stories of what has been taken from them: Home, Country, Family, Friends, Dignity, Humanity. I once was told by Rohingya man who had recently arrived in the U.S. that his arrival in the States was the first time he was treated like a human. “Before this, I …
A Voice for the First Time
I held it in my hands today with an almost holy wonder. “What is that?” he asked me. Keeping back tears, I told him, “This, sir, is your voter registration card.” There was a reverent silence for a moment, a palpable sense that this small piece of paper in the hands of Rohingya people …