Nura is 48. She can most often be found playing with her granddaughter while chewing betelnut or trying to nap. Her curries are delicious but spicy enough to cause some lasting discomfort. When I first met her, she lived in a small house with a productive garden and chickens. (A few of those …
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A Young Man’s Journey
I sat in a tea shop in a buzzing part of the city. I watched as many Rohingya men returned from their morning shift, unloading, unwrapping, and carrying goods around the many wholesale stores in this area. The small teashop sat under a makeshift roof of corrugated metal held together by a …
Lamentations
Rohingya people live as refugees in this country. As such, they have minimal access to employment, education, and healthcare. The words I most often hear when I visit them are "pain" and "difficulty" as they describe to us the situation of their family and their people.Despite their lack, our …