Tag: refugees
Our Story in Daily Sabah, Turkey’s English Newspaper
Honored to cover this feature story with Sadaf Syed for Turkey’s Daily Sabah. We visited Fatima in Lombard, IL and met her beautiful girls. We brought our own daughters along to break the ice. I am so amazed at the resilience displayed and her heart of gold. ****** A day with a Syrian mother in […]
DS Centre Journalism Academy travels to refugee camp in Nizip
I just had an amazing week in Turkey! My photojournalist colleague and friend, Sadaf Syed, joined me in taking part in the Daily Sabah Think Tank Spring 2016 Journalism Academy in Turkey. Look for more to come about our incredible experience and some published pieces about our refugee camp visit in Nizip along the Turkey […]
Welcome To Canada Syrian Refugees
This video made me cry. My kids have sung this song at Sunday school. It was sung to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings me upon him) when they sought refuge in Medinah. I can’t imagine such a display taking place today in America where parents go off the deep end if their child has […]
September Musings- Refugees, Gay Marriage & Donald Chump
I’m one of those Bloggers that focus on a topic and write a blog post or article about it. I’m feeling that sort of head-spinning, ENFP-all-over-the-board sensation prompting a diary-entry type blog post. There is a lot going on in the world at the moment (as usual.) I’m my passionate, intense self these days […]
Dear Syrian Child Whose Body Washed Ashore In Turkey
I wrote this the day his body washed ashore. He does have a name. Aylan Kurdi. He lost his life along with his brother, Galip and his mother, Rehana. He is survived by his grieving father Abdullah. His aunt in Canada who was trying to bring them to safety there to no avail asked that we […]