THE NAF RIVER MASSACRE The genocide in Myanmar did not end in 2017 when the largest influx of Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh. Only last year, in 2024, a second wave of genocide began. And it was only because the Rohingya was an ethnic minority, hated by those whose religion differed from theirs. Hated by […]
Read More...I’ve been getting to know the Rohingya people by following them closely on LinkedIn—reading about them and corresponding personally with many of the hundred and more who have connected with me over the past six months. And although inhumanity has allowed ugly chaos to develop in the world, I have come to see that Rohingya […]
Read More.... . . AND YET LIFE CONTINUES THE CHILDREN HEAR . . . BUT STILL THEY PLAY “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3) Children listen. They hear their parents’ stories. But they know how to live for today, doing what children best know how to do. They play and […]
Read More...Photo by Nur Sadaque A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD FROM A ROHINGYA REFUGEE Written by Khair Ullah, editor of Rohingytographer.org Being a Rohingya refugee means carrying endless pain and struggle. Our lives are full of humiliation, discrimination and suffering that never seems to end. We are denied the rights that every human deserves like the […]
Read More...Photo by Rohim Ullah Photo by Maung Myint Swe We Rohingya men, women, and children—the old and the young—are crying: “When will we have the comfort of a real home again—a home of our own? A place of safety. A place where we belong and can find security?” These are questions that face Rohingya every […]
Read More...Photo by Mohammed Imran And then there are the fires . . .not uncommon in Rohingya camps. “The earth suffers countless wounds, The Rohingya and the poor live in fear and pain.” (Ro Niyamot Ullah)
Read More...Photo by Ro Niyamot Ullah BUILDING ON A FIRM FOUNDATION Rohingya living in the refugee camps in Bangladesh know all about how rains, wind, and flooding can destroy make-shift homes. The Rohingya Green Nature Society reported how the recent Monsoon floods devastated the Rohingya camps. “Over 12,000 individuals were affected, 2,800+ shelters destroyed, and 50+ […]
Read More...Photo by Ro Arfat Kahn In Bangladesh Rohingya refugees live in shelters intended to be temporary homes. But the shelters are not safe places to live. They are certainly not the comfortable homes so many of us in the western world enjoy. In the words of RB Hafizu: “As Rohingya refugees, we survive with limited […]
Read More...EXODUS Everyone did what they could to find safety–young and old. They were grateful for the food, shelter, and protection provided by Bangladesh, a country with great needs of its own. In an area called Cox’s Bazar, they created communities made up of a sprawling network of 33 camps. With a population of over a […]
Read More...They fled with everything they could carry in their arms, leaving behind their homes and the lives they had built. But they didn’t leave behind their faith and traditions. Telling the Rohingya about the great love Jesus had for those the world had turned its back on reminds me of a song I used to […]
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