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On World Refugee Day, Every Story Matters

·June 20, 2019
·Kelly El Yacoubi

The staggering truth is that around the globe, there are nearly 70.8 million children and adults who have been forcibly displaced from the places they called home as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations (UNHCR). This…

Remembering Rwanda

·April 5, 2019
·Tariq Touré

Mu’adh ibn Jabal reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: وَاتَّقِ دَعْوَةَ الْمَظْلُومِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ اللَّهِ حِجَابٌ "Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah.”…

World Water Day 2019: Humanity Behind Water

·March 22, 2019
·Tariq Touré

Bacteria washing up on they beaches (Say word?) Don't drink the water, son they can't wash they feet with it (Let em' know) Young babies in perpetual neediness (Say word?) Epidemics hopping up off the Petri dish (Let em' know)…

Journal Entries from the Field: Meeting Syrian Refugees with IRUSA

·February 22, 2019
·Chancey Gannett

"Syrians continued to be the largest forcibly displaced population in the world, with 12 million people at the end of 2016. That’s more than half of the Syrian population." Source: UNHCR Last month, I traveled with Islamic Relief USA to Turkey,…

When Winter Storms and Refugee Camps Meet

·February 8, 2019
·Rula Ifteiha

What does your winter look like? When posed this question, I conjure up images in my mind of warm blankets, hot chocolate stacked with mini marshmallows, and a warm fire radiating its embers in a steady, comforting manner throughout the…

The HIAS I know

·November 2, 2018
·Guest Contributor

IRUSA's Christina Tobias-Nahi recently returned from a trip to Lesvos, Greece. She reflected with ReliefLab on her experience partnering with HIAS. This October, I had the pleasure of spending a week traveling with some of the amazing HIAS staff and…

Rori and Rheyza: Stories from Indonesia

·October 18, 2018
·Chancey Gannett

The following account was shared with Islamic Relief staff. The individuals named here are beneficiaries of Islamic Relief disaster response. This is Rori Oryza Elok. She is married and has a baby girl of just six months old, little Reysi.…

Chasing Ertrugul, Racing for Water

·October 15, 2018
·Guest Contributor

by Amani Abdel-Dayem “What a selfless act,” said the yoga instructor when I told her what I was about to embark on. I kept thinking about that comment. Is any act really selfless? One could argue that all selfless acts have…

5 Moments Of Hope And Triumph In Africa

·September 17, 2018
·Chancey Gannett

IRUSA Program Coordinator Awrad Saleh visited Niger and Malawi last month to check out our water and livelihood projects. Here are some of her favorite moments, captured on her iPhone. These women were the first batch of selected beneficiaries for…

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