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One of the emergency shelters for refugees who may become positive, located inside the transit area at the Dzaleka's camp, 2020.

Journalism

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A selection of stories published by media organisations

Stories published by the Refugee Journalism Project

two men outside house in Uganda village
The refugee who beat all the odds

By Zechariah Makuach Maror  When Rwandan national, Gashumba Alphonse, arrived in Uganda in 2004 as a…

Farmer looking after cow in Uganda
Planting Seeds of Hope

By Abul Ajak In Nakivale refugee camp, one of the oldest in Uganda, Ishimwe Jonah, a Congolese refug…

New life on Mars, or space on earth for all?

As the world’s billionaires race to be the first to create new living spaces in outer space, D…

Balancing the old with the new

As we celebrate Refugee Week, Houda Fansa Jawadi shares her thoughts on what is lost, and what is ga…

A plant growing up
Greed, oppression, and discrimination stabbed us with a knife, but we rise

I was raised by a strong woman passionate about languages, writing stories and poetry. My mom was an…

Two Afghan men
“Our lives were destroyed, our ideals buried”

Last summer Afghan human rights activists were determined to continue their work under the new Talib…

Scenery in Zimbabwe
A journey towards hope

Jeanne Muhimundu on the hope, aspirations and self-reliance that is being built within the Tongogara…

This is how my war started

Ukrainian journalist Iryna Svatula recounts the events when bombs began to fall on her home town. 3.…

“We watched them beat people without the right documents”

It has been almost a year since the Taliban took over Kabul forcing thousands to flee Afghanistan fe…

Remembering the unsung heroes of humanity

The 2015 Burundian government’s violent clamp down on political demonstrations forced hundreds and t…

Palestinian flag
The shooting of the truth

One month after Shireen Abu Akleh’s death, Douna Haj Ahmed reflects on this huge loss to journ…

Rwanda Refugee Deal: asylum seekers stuck between torn homelands and the UK’s flimsy arguments

by Redwan Eid Following Brexit, the UK continues its plans to shut its doors in asylum seekers’ face…

Image in street of refugee welcome sign
A cruel response to migration

by Mohamed Arkou Governments have an obligation under international human rights law to protect refu…

Racist abuse broadcast live on TV exposes divide between Arabs and Africans in Sudan

by Mohamed Arkou  Racist language levelled against a former BBC Arabic chief correspondent has been …

Image of street in Rwanda
The alarming new immigration policy

by Douna Haj Ahmed As a Syrian refugee living in the UK, I have met many people who entered this cou…

Sun rise
“Dawn has always been a time of terror”

by Douna Haj Ahmed An irrefutable fact that can never be denied says nothing is certain in this life…

Ronahi Hasan’s Nowruz

Last month, we celebrated Nowruz, the start of the new year for many of our participants. Our partic…

Collage with multiple images and inspirational quotes of female journalist, created by Veronica Otero
International Women’s Day

Interviews by Veronica Otero In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8th March 2021, we wante…

I can’t breathe in a rapist’s world

A photographic project highlighting the need to fight sexual violence against women and girls around…

‘The winter is coming’ to the Middle East, thanks to Biden’s victory

By Osama Gaweesh The US elections have caught the entire world’s attention. Millions have been…

The untitled one

This was supposed to be done on World Mental Health Day, but ironically I only learned about it the …

Egypt’s Sisi blames doctors for Covid-19 spread

In Egypt they call the medical team who fight the coronavirus for the sake of people the  “whi…

‘Calm down, you’re going to have your place in this world just like everyone else’

By Hilal Seven If there is anything more difficult than being a refugee, it is being a gay refugee. …

Integrate That!

The Story Behind Integrate That! by Abdulwahab Tahhan   If you turn on your TV or pick up a new…

One of the emergency shelters for refugees who may become positive, located inside the transit area at the Dzaleka's camp, 2020.
“I’m afraid of the disease but mostly of dying from hunger”

As Covid-19 continues to spread, the voices of the poorest and most marginalised have largely been m…

A passion born in conflict

by Amr Bakkar Journalism is a method to convey people’s voice and it is the monitoring entity that s…

I dedicate this article to the reporters at the frontlines of war

By Hilal Seven I dedicate this article to the reporters who were at the frontline of the war that br…

Journalism without fear or favour

by Abu Bakr Bashir   Journalism without fear means journalism with a high level of protection b…

Press Freedom Under Attack in Southeast Asia

By Ploy Bunluesilp One way to know you are doing a good job as a journalist is when you get thrown o…

Two years has passed since she was forced to flee her homeland, Turkey, as a consequence of experiencing arrests and continuous harassment. She constantly feels the hardship of this reality combined with extreme loneliness and grief… powerful enduring emotions that leave indelible marks on her memories. In March 2019, she could finally reunite with her mother and other siblings on person. This brief visit took place in a country that is none of them their home but “the closest to a home” as Zozan says during the interview, Iraq-Kurdistan.   The photographic series of 36 photographs was taken over only a couple of days. On the accompanying captions, Zozan shares painful memories and experiences and her own reflections on how leaving her family, country and culture of birth in order to seek a safer life in the UK is affecting her.    By integrating intimacy while drawing explicit attention to the role of emotions, this project explores questions on the interrelationship between emotional narratives of separation across contexts of migration experiences. How are emotions taken into account by different actors, from policy developers, administrators and public attitudes to the migrants, refugees and asylum seekers? What tools exist to help stabilize and address mental wellbeing of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees? Is there really a space to consider emotions? 
Family Encounter by Veronica Otero

Family Encounter: together we share an emotional burden This photographic project documents Zozan Ya…

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