IRBID, Jordan – As he packed his family’s belongings into four large suitcases just hours before departing for a new life in Dallas, Texas, 30-year-old Syrian refugee Firas al Ahmad said he felt like he was being torn in two. “I’m leaving because of my kids, for their future. I hope they can get Continue Reading
Ohio, Where Muslim and Christian Refugees Form ‘Impossible’ Friendships by Shamila N. Chaduary
Stepping out of an apartment complex into a warm Ohio night, Nashwaan Saddoon got into an old minivan and drove through Toledo to a hookah joint called Rocket Lounge. Sitting beside him was his friend, Amjad Arafeh. The two men had met only five months earlier, but they lived in the same building Continue Reading
A Pastor in the Bible Belt Opened his church to refugees. Here’s what happened. By David Montero
Pastor David Daniels didn’t really have a choice. The refugees were desperate. He could feel that. Their need was great. He could see that. But God was also talking and that, well, he could definitely hear. So in 2015 he sponsored a Muslim family fleeing Syria and helped them settle in Fort Continue Reading
How Refugees Shaped One East Nashville Church by Holly Meyer
Pastor Jerome Songolo, a refugee who fled the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, kneeled with his eyes closed and his hands half raised as he received a blessing Sunday as the new spiritual leader of an East Nashville congregation. Many of its members have followed a similar path to Continue Reading
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