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Sally O'Dowd13 hrs ago2 min read

Refugee, a prose poem

In my dreams I cannot climb the metal ladder to the divinely white diving board overlooking the Euphrates, or reach my…

Natasha Freidusyesterday4 min read

Sad Eyes for Dublin

Things change pretty quickly around here. Just two weeks ago I was babysitting H and his brother and sister while his…

Paul Hutchings2 days ago2 min read

Mohammed’s story

Mohammed is a Syrian refugee now living in a Greek army-run refugee camp in Alexandreia. He was working as a marketing manager…

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Asad Khan3 days ago

What Refugees Ask When They Reach Europe

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I feel so good that there are people around us who are continuously helping these innocents

But, it’s saddening too that we aren’t able to stop these wars from happening

There’s destruction & only destruction without any gains!

Ruby Larkspur4 days ago3 min read

Love in the time of Hate.

My friend Onkar, who is an engineering student at the Technical Institute of Dresden, shared a somewhat heartwarming tale on Facebook recently. While strolling home on the ‘Munchnerstrasse’, he bumped into a fidgety Arab man. “Arabisch?’’ No, Onkar told him. “Kurdish?” No again. The…

Catherine Fiankan BokongaApr 53 min read

Réfugiés syriens: les appels de l’ONU se heurtent à la frilosité et à la lenteur des États

Par Catherine Fiankan-Bokonga

Le décalage est saisissant. Le secrétaire général de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a tenu à ouvrir personnellement, le 30 mars, la…

NoaApr 43 min read

The Overlooked Obvious in the Syrian Crisis

Many argue that ignoring Assad’s massacring Syrian people was a good idea, that intervention in civil wars never lead to anything good. My goal with this short essay is to point out the obvious that went overlooked in this matter.

Camellia ElermanApr 13 min read

The legacy of Irene Nemirovsky

And the Exodus of Syrians

In 1938, Irene Nemirovsky, famous for her last, long lost and relatively recently discovered novel ‘Suite Francaise’ told her daughter “The idea is to create something that will be relevant to people in 1950 as well as 2025…

Catherine Fiankan BokongaMar 301 min read

Des contes pas très magiques…

L’Unicef utilise des dessins animés pour sensibiliser le jeune public international à la situation que vivent depuis plus de cinq ans les enfants syriens. Horreur de la guerre, faim, froid, peur du lendemain et tristesse, rien n’est occulté. Le spectateur regarde de très…