It was New Year’s Day and we were enjoying Syrian coffee and delicious homemade coconut cookies in Mohammad’s apartment in Athens. The kids were eating the chocolates we

Athens, GreeceIt was New Year’s eve and we wanted to ask Mohammad, an affable Iraqi Kurdish man with blue-grey eyes, his wish for 2017. Saanya wanted to record him

There were trays and trays full of baklava in different shapes and with various fillings. We got the grand tour – 'lady’s fingers', shaped, well, like lady’s fingers; small round ones with hollow centers called

I came across the poem 'Refugees' by Brian Bilston a few days ago and was deeply moved. It challenges our perceptions, questions the way we see things. The poem is read two ways, with two very different meanings.

Saanya took some amazing photos of laundry; I'm not sure why they moved me so much, but I wanted to share them. I guess there's something about the feeling of clean clothes, no matter how gritty the circumstance.

Athens, GreeceWe would be sitting in small 'caravans' (containers) with 8 people residing on thin mattresses, one hot plate, and no privacy, but every single time we were treated

Athens, GreeceEvery refugee seems to have a smartphone. It’s their lifeline. They need it to let family know they are safe, at every point of their treacherous journey; their families

This sweet little boy was only a few months old when he left Syria. His mother traveled with a smuggler to Turkey, then Greece. "We stay five days in the mountains, it's raining, it's cold

I was in touch with Fahim today to find out how he's doing; he's so thankful for everyone's good wishes and prayers from this story. After getting the news in January that his reunification

Athens, GreeceWhen Saanya and I were in Lesbos, we got a Facebook message from Fahim with the ultimate news: he got a call that day that his papers had been approved

We met Fahim the first evening we arrived in Athens. He is a professional soccer player, and used to play for the national team in Afghanistan.

Athens, GreeceAfter spending a few days with Fahim, seeing his caring ways towards the kids and his charming disposition, I wanted to ask him what was really on my mind: doesn’t he ever think

Athens, GreeceThe boys at the Skaramangas refugee camp flock to Fahim as soon as they see him; first a couple, then more, by the time we reach his ‘caravan’ - a 10x20

Athens, GreeceFahim left Afghanistan on January 1, 2015, and traveled with a smuggler through Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, then Greece. When I asked about the trip, he just kept repeating

Athens, Greece“I lived in Kabul. I have a big family - mother, father, four brothers and two sisters; one sister is in Norway. I left Afghanistan because I was a famous player and

We met Fahim the first evening we arrived in Athens. He is a professional soccer player, and used to play for the national team in Afghanistan. That was before he started getting

Raghad is developing the idea of Mozaic Kitchen, an opportunity for refugees to earn money by preparing and selling their specialty dishes at bazaars and through catering

Raghad Bushnaq has been helping people in need in informal ways for at least a dozen years, but when refugees started arriving in the Washington D.C. area in large numbers in April 2016

I was raised in a family where my father would refuse to sit at the dining table unless we have some needy person sitting with us. Even if there was nobody, he would call the guard outside

In Syria, Mother’s Day is on March 21st; it was two days before I met with Raghad in her home for this interview. She was telling me that she had received so many happy mother’s day messages from refugees.