Ismael guesses he’s 80 something years old; he doesn't know his exact birthdate. He tells us how as a child he loved to paint, and when he was 12 years old he had travelled from his small village to …
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Living Under the Radar
Dust covers the hands of Abu Waida as he pours a bag of cement into a cement mixer. A few scoops of sand complete the mixture and after a few minutes he begins to pour the cement into a mold made of …
Corona Update June 2020
"My grandson fell a week ago and injured his arm," a woman from one section of the Rohingya refugee camp informs me. "It was out of joint and a local Rohingya doctor put it back in place, but he …
Brothers
Tayub greets me with a big hug, saying: “You are my family in Malaysia – you are like my big brother! You have shown me kindness and helped me.”Tayub arrived alone in Malaysia as a 15 year old boy. …
Boat Prayer
Recent news reports tell of boats carrying Rohingya refugees, bound for Malaysia, being refused entry due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The boats are left to drift at sea without sufficient food or water …
Longing for Education – And More
5 years ago, my friend sat in her family home in a village in Rakhine state. Several years earlier her father and older brother had left for Malaysia where they had secured work. Now, with their …