20 Oct #HopeUnderSiege
The refugee camp in Yarmouk, Syria, has become the enduring image of the civil war: people cut off from aid, a ravaged economy, and a government built on broken promises...
28 Sep Desert Refuge
Umm Khaled was among the first to arrive with her young granddaughter. She had lost her daughter somewhere. Probably dead, she says. When she first came, the camp was a great unifier. Everyone was equal in their suffering. There were no shops, there was nothing....
09 Jan Love and longing in Yarmouk
“I’ll call you,” he said, as he turned his back to leave for Yarmouk refugee camp, almost certain that they won’t speak. That they can’t speak. Years of war have turned Syria inside out, left the cell phone towers upside down. It’s a country of...
23 Mar The coming flood of people
Close your eyes. Picture white sands and turquoise waters, rows of palm trees cocooning you under the balmy sun....
10 Feb Nowhere to sail
The international media has been awash with shocking stories: stories of forced migration,of people being shipped out to sea with insufficient food or water,because of government policy....