By Evette JahangiriThe 2021 Tokyo Olympics theme, the “Worlds We Share” could not be more fitting for this year’s athletes. After surviving a global pandemic, each athlete brings forth their stories, strength, and resilience. Yusra Mardini’s story highlights each of these components, and encompasses this year’s theme. “I tell my story because I want people to understand…
By Amani SalahudeenOver 70 million people have been displaced or made refugees due to conflicts around the world that put them in peril. Approximately half of those impacted are kids, according to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Specifically looking at one of the biggest crises today, five million Syrian children have been affected by the brutal Syrian Civil…
By Salma ElkhaoudiMohammad JD, a native Chicagoan and current graduate student in San Francisco, is on a mission to call the world’s attention to the Syrian refugee crisis. “No Place Like Hope,” is the title of this mini-documentary, a product of Mohammad’s time spent teaching and helping with medical attention in Northern Greece’s refugee camps. It was written and…
By Guest BloggerIf you were questioning your sanity after the Mike Huckabee Q&A, don’t worry — you heard him completely correctly. The former Arkansas governor said, in some attempt at twisted humor, “Are they [Syrian refugees] really escaping tyranny, are they escaping poverty, or are they really just coming because we’ve got cable TV?… [Syrian refugees] could…
By emmaMore than 100,000 dead in 2 years. This astonishing figure is the ghastly reality for Syrians today, who now live in a country where no corner has been left untouched by the fighting between the government and a diversely composed band of rebels whose divergent motivations are unified only by the goal of ousting the…
