Rohingya boy learns language of photography
By Kristy Siegfried and Amos Halder | 25 August 2022 Five years after a Pulitzer-Prize winning photo made him the face of the Rohingya refugee crisis, a young refugee has taken up a camera himself. Mohammad Hasson has no words to describe his terrifying flight from...
Syrian musician and his dog reunited after journey to safety in Belgium
By Hind Sharif and Frederik Bordon in Brussels, Belgium Bassel arrived in Belgium without his constant companion Stella, but through the warmth of strangers they were reunited. Stroll through Saint-Gilles, a vibrant southern district of Brussels famed for its Art...
‘I am you and you are me’: UNHCR staff draw on first-hand knowledge of displacement
By UNHCR Staff On World Humanitarian Day, we talked to three colleagues whose own experience of being forced to flee their homes inspires and informs their work. Mohamed Alkalifa Ag Mohamed knows that a few simple questions can mean the difference between hope and...