Refugees

Rafia Zakaria is the author of "The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan" (Beacon 2015) and "Veil" (Bloomsbury 2017). She is a columnist for Dawn newspaper in Pakistan and The Baffler. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. View more op…

We speak with Angela Luna about creating opportunities from disaster Minutes away from Eftalou Beach on the Greek island of Lesvos, hundreds of thousands of life vests and tents lie in the crook of an ancient hill. A dumping-ground for the survival gear that …

Clemantine Wamariya, who fled Rwanda as a girl, is now a U.S. citizen. She is a human rights advocate and a speaker. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Free The Children Twenty-five years ago this month, more than 800,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsi, were slaughter…

Today, as Christians remember the torturous crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the hands of the Roman empire, we should also be mindful of the many around the world persecuted for their Christian faith. Tragically, 245 million Christians  one out of every nine C…

Hulu's new original dramedy Ramy is the latest in a surge of television shows about millennials coming to terms with their identity. It's difficult not to compare it with counterparts like  Insecure, Fleabag, Atlanta, Master of None, Dear White People, all of…

Two months after a devastating fire took the lives of seven children and seriously injured their father in their Spryfield home, additional family members of Ebraheim and Kawthar Barho are expected to arrive in Canada. READ MORE: Halifax fire investigation c…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Anti-government protests kicked off a year ago in Nicaragua and deadly clashes followed One year ago, on 18 April 2018, Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest against proposed changes to the country's social sec…