There's a strange phenomenon among Iraqi refugees in Damascus -- most are nocturnal. Virtually everyone sleeps all day, wakes up late in the afternoon, and stays awake until the small hours of the night.
For every five people who have read Lolita in Tehran, roughly a billion have tried, in the privacy of their own rooms, to master the moonwalk.
These three shared an outspoken passion for the cause of aiding refugees and other victims of oppression, war and poverty, but they also shared something rarer: the ability to translate concern into action.
Without letting her contact anyone, they locked her in a cell. To everyone she knew, Mahmoud had simply disappeared into the Syrian prison system.
Wars often drive people from their homes. But in Iraq, a discretionary war, launched through deception by a rogue administration in search of good targets for "shock and awe", produced refugees with industrial efficiency.
Many people say that now is not the time for America to bring in more Iraqi refugees. I tell them that Iraqi refugees cannot wait for the economy to improve. Resettlement is saving their lives.
Why is there still no US-formulated "international strategic plan" to deal with the world's largest refugee crisis caused when our nation invaded Iraq over 6 years ago? On World Refugee Day, we can do better.
While we wait for the situation in Iraq to improve, we must continue to help those who cannot go home. We in Jordan have committed ourselves to providing aid and support to this population.
Reducing displacement in Muslim countries and elsewhere is an important step toward creating a more peaceful, prosperous and stable world. The benefits will reach far beyond the Islamic world.
For thousands of Iraqis, kidnapping is a nightmare they cannot wake up from. Between 2004 and 2007, hundreds of children and adults were abducted, tortured and often killed.
By Amelia Templeton, Human Rights First, Refugee Policy Analyst The UN refugee agency recently released a new analysis of the political and security ...
by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger It's no shock that those long-opposed to All Things Immigrant are using the Swine Flu outbreak—which has mostly ...
In Baghdad, their eldest daughter had two cars. Six years later, the Iraqi couple moves their mattresses out of the bedroom each night to sleep on the living room floor.
Khalid and Hussein are friends from Baghdad, though Hussein in his forties is a bit older. He is Shi'i; Khalid is Sunni. None of this matters to them.
But if we are clear, now, about the failure of the neoconservative agenda of global dominance, the question remains: How should the U.S. relate to the rest of the world?
It will be easy to thrust responsibility on to the hawks and warmongers, but those of us who opposed the war--and the politicians we supported--are essentially running the country now. This is our challenge.
Often contextualized by war and conflict, many in the Arab world are portrayed by some of the media as either victims or perpetrators of violence. I...
When offered a chance to demonstrate humility and admitany mistakes, Bush offered a stirring treatise slamming the criticism he's received for his administration's handling of Katrina and its aftermath.
U.S. military officials and the Iraqi government claim the country is becoming a less dangerous place. For most Iraqi refugees, those assessments don't count for much. They listen to reports from the ground.
I observed first hand her commitment to peace and justice, when my late husband and I worked closely with the Clintons in an attempt to achieve a Middle East peace. She will be a strong, effective Secretary of State.
The Iraqi government is offering one million dinars, the equivalent of $850 USD, and free plane tickets to any refugee family wishing to go back -- so far less than 400 people have accepted the offer.
