I am sitting in my mother’s lap for a family photo with my brother and sister. My mother was the eldest of her 8 siblings and I remember her as very resourceful person.
We had lots of banana trees, oranges, Dahlia, roses in our front garden. My mother loved gardening and kept our front yard beautiful and fragrant.
She enjoyed learning and cooking local cuisine of East Pakistan. She made rice and fish which I wasn’t fan of eating. She thought it would make us clever. God bless her!
It is befitting that this year Father’s Day and the World Refugee Day both fall on the same day. My father’s story is that of
Life can be difficult but encouragement and guidance from parents always pays off. My mother’s persistence in educating me and my siblings really made the
In April, President Biden announced that he would not raise the historically low quota for refugee admissions to the United States set by the Trump
Pappa was a manager in the Adamjee Jute Mills #3. The mills’ first looms started spinning in 1952 and, soon afterward, my father joined the
Today is the International Women’s Day and I cannot let it pass without mentioning my mother Fatima Qureshy. She was born in the Princely state
Today, the 24th of January, on the International Education Day, I want to reflect on the importance of education in the lives of refugees and
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BIDEN for your stand on Refugees!Thank you, President Biden for your pledge to admit more refugees to the United States in 2021.
There is often a misunderstanding about the economic impact of refugees. Over the past few years there has been an exponential rise in rhetoric against
Life can be difficult but hard work and perseverance always pays off. • Spending two years as a child in refugee camp in India. •
On December 31st 1971 we left the kilo refugee camp as civilian Prisoners Of War of Indian Army and Civilians Under Protective Custody of the
What’s in a day? The 16th of December, 1971, is the day when the allied forces of India and Bangladesh were victorious over the Pakistani
My family was taken as prisoners by our enemy, the Indian Army. But now they were obligated to protect us according to Geneva Convention by
