“The giving hand is more blessed than the receiving hand.” Ismail, now twenty-nine, arrived in Jordan in December 2010 fleeing forceful recruiting of young men by the terrorist groups in
“For a long time, we would dig holes and bury the money inside.” Droughts, inflation, looting, and violence in Somalia forced Ali’s mother’s tea stall and his father’
The confusion of escaping civil war and not knowing where your country ends and another begins. The confusion of escaping civil war and not knowing where your country ends and
“I can’t help but wonder what lies ahead.” Suleiman was born into a large family and was sent to live with his grandmother in the countryside when he was
A Somali man never gives up reuniting with his mother. Hassan was born in Mogadishu, the youngest child in a family of nine. He has few memories of Mogadishu, having
