There’s no place like home
In the “Wizard of Oz,” young Dorothy is stranded in a land far from her home in Kansas. Over the course of the story, she realizes how wonderful her home is, and she longs desperately to return. In the end, all she has to do is click together the heels of her magical,...
Starvation: The new ‘normal’ for refugees
“Starving Syrian refugee sets herself on fire.” After 28-year-old Sundus Fathallah was dragged from her burning tent in January, this startling headline appeared in newspapers across the Middle East. Everyone assumed the young mother had attempted to take her own life...
No time for childhood
When I was 12 years old, all I wanted was a pair of jeans from a certain popular store. That was what the cool kids were wearing, and like most pre-teens, I desperately wanted to be cool. I believed wholeheartedly those jeans were the key to elevating my social...
What if you woke up tomorrow as a refugee?
What is your worst nightmare? Waking up to the news that your country is being invaded? What if famine, violence, and other horrors suddenly arrive at your doorstep? What if, in an instant, everything you know and love is gone? Your family, your home, your job — and...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.