Zara looks at me with watery eyes. “I read things about the Rohingya,” she says. Her tears start to flow, and she looks away. “I watch videos of what is happening to my people.” Zara is thirteen, …
Stories (blog)
A Place for You
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if …
The Artist Who Couldn’t Paint
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 …
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. …