Maryam sent me this video of what was once her home four months ago. But because of recent developments, she and her family will once...

Today is a good day. Maryam's son gets to eat an egg. He hasn't had eggs in six months. But today, he gets to eat one. Hope can come in...

Another night passes, and I watch your tiny features as you drift into sleep. I study your resting face as if reading a book yet to be...

I cried in the drive-thru at Taco Bell a few weeks ago.  “Would you like anything else?” the attendant asked me over the intercom. “No,”...

Friends, families, and supporters worldwide– Thank You.  I once learned long ago that true friends arrive at the most unexpected time....

My three-year-old son, Kamal, woke up in the middle of the night, hungry. He kept asking for food over and over again. I tried to...

Early one morning, I gathered the little worn money I had left. I had been saving it for basic necessities—flour, cooking oil, maybe a...

One day, my child asked me: "Mama, when will the war end?" I didn’t answer. Then, with eyes still glimmering with the remnants of a...

Not all bags are packed for adventure. Some are filled in haste, not with excitement, but with fear. Some are packed not to prepare for a...