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Madina
Medina  ·  Afghanistan

Why We Flee: Because We Are Shia, They Want to Destroy Us

I just want to live in a safe place where everyone can live in peace.
Mahommad
Iraq

MAHOMMAD

Mahommad is five-years-old and just moved here.
Tiba
Iraq

TIBA

Tiba exudes joy.
Sakina
Iraq

SAKINA

Sakina’s favorite thing about being in America is that it is safe and she gets to go to school.
Mohaned and Zainab with their family
Iraq

MOHANED AND ZAINAB (3/3)

In September 2016, Mohaned & Zainab arrived in Binghamton, Alabama with nothing.
Mohaned & Zainab (2)
Iraq

MOHANED AND ZAINAB (2/3)

In Iraq, Zainab was a stay-at-home mom and Mohaned was a taxi driver.
Mohaned & Zainab
Iraq

MOHANED AND ZAINAB (1/3)

We only want to live in peace and safety.
Paris Ground Support Interview
United Kingdom

Tolerance Doesn't Help Much

It’s the situation that is the horrible… thing. It’s not the people in it.
Heather
United Kingdom

HEATHER

What we try to hand out is [empathy from] a human to a human.
Kelvin
United Kingdom

KELVIN

People were … going up and down in their daily lives, not noticing, not seeing.
Dignity

Dignity

Our inherent value and worth as human beings.
I am more than a number

I Am More Than a Number

Watch me fold this plane…
Khaldieh
Syria

KHALDIEH

The Boat was Sinking
Ahmad and his child
Afghanistan

Hope

Even when all else is beyond our control, hope keeps us from giving up.
Ahmad and his wife
Afghanistan

We Married Anyway

I know I have to start and build a new life from the beginning.
Kayra
United States

KAYRA

Art to help refugees
Zurvan Daughter
Afghanistan

Who Will Listen to Our Pain?

I am responsible for the welfare of my children.
Firoz Color
Syria

FIROZ

I’m Worried about My Family
Ualda
Afghanistan

Only a Mother Who has Lost a Child Knows My Pain

​Ualda comes from a world where it is dangerous for a woman to be educated or outspoken.
Greatest Weapon Is Love

Our Greatest Weapon is Love

Our greatest weapon against all workers of terror is love.
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