The Archive Speaks

When danger came to Gudusara, Sakena’s home in Northern Rakhine, it didn’t arrive all at once. It came in whispers first—then in fire, and footsteps, and the sound of people running.

In this second part of her story, Sakena recounts the night her fa... more

Before displacement. Before the border crossings. Before the word “refugee.”There was a girl named Sakena, in a small village called Gudusara in Arakan State, Myanmar — where blue skies meant freedom and family filled every room.

In this first part ... more

Female heads of households are often the invisible backbone of displacement. They carry a heavier weight in society. Raising children, holding families together, and nurturing the next generation even while enduring loss themselves. Their voices are ... more

In Part 3 of Noor’s 4-part series, we follow her through the most difficult turning point of her life: leaving Gaza.

After losing her husband Khaled in the bombings of northern Gaza, Noor became the sole head of her household. With her son at her si... more

In Part 2 of Noor’s story, we step into the turning point of her life in Gaza.

October 7, 2023 — a date the world came to recognize in headlines. For Noor, it was the day her life split apart. What are arguments and debates on the tip of our fingers... more

In this first chapter of Noor’s story, we trace the threads that formed her identity long before war and loss. Her roots run through Gaza, from her grandmother’s stories of being displaced from Al-Masmiyya in 1948, in her father’s belief that daughte... more

What does it mean to become the head of a household overnight?

In this final chapter of Ataa’s Story, we follow her through one of the most overlooked transformations in displacement: the moment a woman becomes everything—mother, father, provider, ... more

"I’m one person—but I have to be a mother, a father, a teacher, a provider… I have to be everything."Ataa speaks from her shelter in Zaatari Camp, where daily life for a woman raising four children alone is both routine and relentless.

In the third ... more