The Trump Administration Wants Refugees to Fit In or Stay Out / Foreign Policy
Out in New York Harbor in 1903, the bronze plaque with Emma Lazarus’s poem “The New Colossus” was affixed to the Statue of Liberty. It’s the…
There Are No Real ‘Safe Zones’ and There Never Have Been / Foreign Policy
As you climb the mountains high above Srebrenica, in the far east of Bosnia-Herzegovina, oak and beech trees become mixed with firs, pines, and spruce. It…
Refugees in Their Own Homeland / Foreign Policy
Let’s imagine for a moment, that in some massively devastating economic disaster, the entire population of Canada, roughly 35 million people, loses its jobs. The country’s…
Trapped in Syria / Foreign Policy
Earlier this month, a doctor in northern Syria asked that a message be sent out to the world via Widney Brown, director of programs at Physicians…
Losing the Lonely War / Foreign Policy
Her hands showed every tendon, and her arms were like matchsticks. With a grayish tint to her face, Alma Abdulrahman, 27, spoke from a hospital bed…
A Tidal Wave of Trauma / Foreign Policy
There are as many guises of trauma as there are Syrians who have experienced the war still ravaging their country. The dead-eyed mask is common, often…