Dear sisters, لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ We speak a lot about widows, orphans, and the injured, but we forget those who carry this hardship with the weakest bodies our elderly mothers and fathers in the camps. After 8 years of imprisonment, displacement, and hardship, this is what old Read more
When I was told about the Crusades in school it sounded like something with knights, crosses, and a holy pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Reading what Muslims who lived there saw does not sound like a holiday. What were the Crusades In 1099 an army from Europe appeared at the walls of Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatu, Dear sisters, We have lived for years under Askari control, treated without mercy. We have endured immense injustice, and that injustice continues to this day. If I were to write about the full extent of the oppression we have suffered, I could never finish Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatu, Dear sisters, I remember a sister who was very dear to me and our last conversation, which took place before the Maghrib prayer in Baghouz… It was a day of “truce”,”cease fire” when Muslims were coming out with their families to surrender themselves to disbelievers, Read more
Dear sisters, Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu! Teenagers are an endless generator of ideas, impulses, revolts, and constant adventures. Since the camp had nothing to entertain the children with, they found something to entertain themselves: going to the market (more precisely, sneaking out there), testing the patience and the Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu! Dear sisters, Lately, acts of aggression against people who are weaker happen quite often. Women and children in the camp in Syria were very often subjected to violence by the military. Very often, boys are those who are the victims. The military in the Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu! Dear sisters, I live in the camp with my two children. Since this became our home, the meaning of ordinary things has changed. Water supplies In the camp, even the simplest necessities of life have become daily challenges. Water reaches our tents for only Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahamatullahi wa barakatu! Dear sisters, I never imagined that my life could change so completely. I grew up in Europe in a financially comfortable family. My father was a successful businessman, and we lived a stable and comfortable life. I studied, travelled with my family, and visited Read more
There was a time in my life when I did not have a positive opinion of Islam. I was born into an Orthodox Christian family, yet I did not truly believe in God. My understanding of faith was distant, and I often felt that if God existed, He did not Read more
Assalamu aleykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu, dear sisters! I cannot stress enough, my dear readers, just how difficult daily life is in the refugee camp for women and children in Syria. Everyone wishes to escape that place and, to achieve that goal, there are several ways. Out of the available Read more