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Unconventional Healing
I have many questions. Questions such as this, amongst children and young men and women who have experienced such depths and breadths of...
Apr 23, 20244 min read


An Undying Hope
"An Undying Hope portrays the journey of our Syrian Art Academy students. Students who have faced the loss of loved ones, some of whom...
Apr 23, 20249 min read


Nothing Ever Changes
Everything remains the same. That is the feeling that the village, home to the Christian community at Avzruk gives. Green before Easter....
Apr 15, 20242 min read


The Fire and The Dance
Newroz 2024 was not about fire. The focus on the province of Duhok was on the disastrous floods that swept through homes and tents alike,...
Apr 2, 20248 min read


The Day of Great Gladness
“Go out oh daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on...
Apr 2, 20248 min read


Not All Who Wander
This week I want to wind back to share something of our Valentine’s Day in February. We celebrated within both our Syrian and Yezidi...
Mar 18, 20244 min read
A Well Partner
I find myself in an arid eastern region for the next few weeks. A region where the future possibility of extending our work with our...
Mar 18, 20243 min read


The Birthing of a King
One day in 2019 Daoud walked through our blue gates. That day it was as if the ground shook under our feet, the birds silenced their song...
Mar 13, 20246 min read


Oscar and Newroz Days
A few weeks ago, Rahat, one of our Down's Syndrome kiddies, asked his mother if it was “Oscar and Newroz day”, the day when he goes to...
Feb 27, 20243 min read


Re-Tethering
Some of our stories are very simple. There is a delightfulness to be found in their simplicity. It has yet again been a full and...
Feb 27, 20243 min read


Little People
We’re in love with our little people, the tiny members of our community who have big dreams and big hearts and one day will be the...
Feb 16, 20248 min read


Committed to Struggle
For the past ten years, we have lived and worked alongside girls and women who were taken into the captivity of ISIS, raped, tortured,...
Feb 16, 20248 min read
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