Meet Mevan Babakar
Meet Mevan Babakar Born in Baghdad to Kurdish parents, Mevan Babakar was exposed to the uprisings in Iraq, together with genocide against the Kurdish community from a very young age. More stories © UK for UNHCR Mevan’s family fled the Gulf War in the early...
“A refugee is… my grandmother who is the life of the party; always first on the dancefloor and last one to leave!”
“A refugee is… my grandmother who is the life of the party; always first on the dancefloor and last one to leave!” Shazia’s definition of “A refugee is…” honours her grandmother, Roshan, who came to the UK as a refugee from Tanzania in the early 1970s. ...
“Ahlam – my gifted friend, my collaborator, my teacher, my inspiration”
Ahlam – My gifted friend, my collaborator, my teacher, my inspiration In celebration of 70 years of protecting those forced to flee, British fasion designer and professor Helen Storey tells us about her dear friend – Ahlam. More stories © Helen Storey ...
A doctor who knows no borders: meet Dr Daryelowm from Tigray
A doctor who knows no borders Dr Daryelowm worked as a specialist for nearly four years at a hospital in western Tigray before he was forced to flee like so many other Ethiopian refugees. More stories © UNHCR / Will Swanson Dr Daryelowm was having a regular workday...
Ten years of conflict weigh heavily on Namaat
Ten years of conlfict weight heavily on Namaat 11-year-old Syrian refugee Namaat has had to grow up very fast in order to look after her younger siblings. © UNHCR / Diego Ibarra Sanchez “I’m 11 years old, but I feel that I’m 100 years old.” Ten years of crisis in...
Leaving everything behind in Ethiopia
Leaving everything behind in Ethiopia Heavily pregnant, Nigsty walked for three days straight, but, thankfully, delivered her baby girl in Sudan, where it was safe. Displaced families from Ethiopia’s Tigray Region have encountered unimaginable obstacles to reach...
Ramadan is not the same for families like Fattoum’s
Ramadan is not the same for displaced families like Fattoum’s “I fast having eaten yogurt and have only soup for iftar…” This Ramadan, help families like Fattoum’s in Yemen. © UNHCR During Ramadan, Yemen remains the largest humanitarian crisis in the...
