THE NAF RIVER MASSACRE I want to bring back this story about Rohingya as victims of genocide—in the way we see genocide happening all over the world today. We’ve seen it in Palestine and are seeing it in many places elsewhere. People who had become trapped and helpless by those who want to destroy them. […]
Read More...CHILD LABOUR In the Bangladesh refugee camps, thousands of Rohingya children and boys continue to suffer from heartbreaking challenges every day. Many are forced into child labour, struggling to support their families just to survive. Like this young boy who walks deep into the forest to collect firewood, carrying heavy bundles on his shoulder to […]
Read More...THE DREAM OF A ROHINGYA YOUTH A Silly Bird! They call me a silly bird, because I dream beyond the bars, because I still believe the wind will someday carry my scars. I live inside a cage of fear, where sunlight feels too far, yet my heart keeps drawing skies around each broken scar. They […]
Read More...How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and […]
Read More...UNCONDITIONAL LOVE Perhaps the problem with Christianity today and why it is so hard for people to embrace it is that Jesus is thought of in terms too narrow for people to understand or accept. In the work I do I make the Living Room spiritual mental health groups available to all faiths, I present […]
Read More...OVERCOMING INJUSTICE AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH GOD’S PERSPECTIVE Guest blogpost by Sharoon Jamil The Healing Process: Grit, Grace, and God Let’s be honest: healing your confidence is slow work. It’s not just reading a verse and suddenly feeling empowered. It’s: Unlearning the lies you internalized when you were young. Rebuilding your voice after years of […]
Read More...Overcoming Injustice and Low Self-Esteem Through God’s Perspective A Guest post With thanks to Sharoon Jamil for his contribution. You can be incredibly gifted… and still feel invisible. You can show up for everyone… and still wonder if anyone sees you. You can know that God loves you… and still struggle to love yourself. Let’s […]
Read More...Photo: Showkutara with her Living Room group at the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh MY REFLECTION When I first thought of starting a Living Room group, I did not plan to facilitate it myself. I wanted to help organize it but thought another person would have to facilitate. I could not imagine myself in that […]
Read More...Photo by Rohim Ullah I recently read an article entitled The Architecture of Rohingya Exclusion by Shafiur Rahman, published in the September 16, 2025 edition of United Against Humanity. The following is an excerpt. It is a statement I wish I had seen earlier so that I could have commented on it before the September […]
Read More...In this blogpost I share the story of a good Rohingya friend, Ro Niyamot Ullah – a person to be much admired. The story, in his words: Today, I am truly humbled and proud to share that I have successfully completed the “Global Youth Climate Training”, a collaboration between the The Global Youth Coalition (GYC) […]
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