Halima sits on the small stool in front of the gas stove and stares at the dancing gas flame. Today, once again, there is only rice with a little dhal (lentils) to eat. It has been a while since her husband brought home fish or chicken. Although she has a good job at an NGO and her husband, Soyot, …
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Choosing Compassion
"If you want my advice, we need to find people who won't break so easily," my Muslim Rohingya friend and colleague shared with me. We recently discovered that another Rohingya colleague had betrayed one of our coworkers. Would he betray others? Criminal groups are active in the area, and it is …
She’s a Refugee
Hafiza was only 2 and a half years old when I first met her. Sitting on the rough floor of the shelter in camp where she was born, she is oblivious that she is a refugee. Secure in the love of her family, she needs nothing more. The world has no place for her, but here in her home, she has all she …