Photo exhibit turns lens on LGBTQI refugees in Canada
“Am I Wrong to Love?” shares powerful experiences of individuals forced to flee By Lauren La Rose in Toronto, Canada Many years before they met by chance on social media and fell in love, Nouran Hussein and Miral Mokhtar were bonded by a common truth about who they...
Once his only option, running is now Somali refugee’s passion
Inspired by former refugee and Olympic champion Mo Farah, Guled joined a running club in his adopted Cairo and began chasing his dreams. By Yasmine El Demerdash and Nawar Rifaah in Cairo, Egypt For the past six years, Guled’s long-striding legs have carried him to...
Fights for lifejackets as boat capsized off Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – As a fishing trawler packed with hundreds of people flipped and sank off the coast of Egypt last week, Somali Abshiro* suddenly found herself in the water as those drowning clawed at her life jacket. “I have been fighting for my life in the water,...