Author: Priyali Sur
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The Azadi Project was awarded as an unsung hero 2020 by the Atlantic Council at the Distinguished Leadership Awards. Azadi was one of the six unsung heroes recognized at the prestigious awards for its relentless work in helping refugees during the pandemic. #leavenoonebehind #azadi #withrefugees
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SURVIVING GENOCIDE – Saputara story
Saputara, is a 19 year old woman currently living in the Kalindi Kunj camp in New Delhi, India. I spoke with her on the telephone via her husband Halal, a 23 year old Rohingya man whom she met at the camp. They have two children together. The only word we could directly exchange,sans translation,was Namaste,…
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SURVIVING GENOCIDE – The Kor Family
Alex Kor is the son of not one, but two European Jewish Holocaust survivors. Alex is a doctor in Indiana, where he was raised. Being the son of two survivors imbues him with an obvious yet unspoken sense of compassion and wisdom. His mother, Eva — famous for her work ensuring that the lessons of…
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SURVIVING GENOCIDE – Stories of Rohingya and Holocaust survivors
By Nicole Altomare and Ayushka Anjiv October 12, 2020 Nazi Germany and modern-day Myanmar may seem worlds apart, but the notion of ethnic and racial superiority, which underscores genocidal violence, is the same. Whether a survivor speaks Yiddish or Rohingya, they suffered by the orders of governments that could only charge them with the crime…