A few weeks ago I dusted off my expired Iranian passport photo, an unsmiling eight-year-old version of me – stunned, angry, wearing tight grey hijab and staring far beyond the camera. It’s not the face of a child on the verge of rescue, though I would soon escape Iran. I have kept that old Continue Reading
U.S. move offers bittersweet hope to struggling Syrian family
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
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