Today, science shows us how stress and trauma impact our physical bodies and even genetics.
It started like this: a small, white video camera; two Syrian youth facilitators; and twenty-five Syrian youth in the Zaatari refugee camp in 2014. Now, three years later, #MeWeSyria is a team of more than 50…
Don’t start with a boat. Don’t show it lurching on the waves, a crush of terrified people packed elbow to ribcage, a baby crying. Don’t focus on their past: the homes they left, the loved ones lost, the bribes…
In the wake of the November 2015 Paris attacks, a wave of anti-refugee sentiment crossed the Atlantic, with over half of U.S. governors declaring that they would bar Syrian refugees from settling in their states. Poet Jason Defo Fotso, then eighteen years old…
In life, there are things we cannot control: where we are born; the color of our skin; our parents; or the rapid pace of change in our personal lives and in our societies.
On the other hand, stories, by nature, are free. In the face of uncontrollable…
Despite significant hardships, refugees are pushing the limits of what most people recognize as the general entrepreneur spirit. There is a resilience among refugee communities that enables them to thrive, not just to…
We sat on a bench under the sun conversing amidst sounds of young boys playing soccer and kids running to their next classes.