On International Women’s Day we pay tribute to the outstanding work of Lena Altinoglou, a founder member of Lesvos Solidarity, who has fought tirelessly for over a decade for the rights of refugees on the island. Lena At the school where I teach English and History in...
Rani lost her husband to Covid and then lost her rights so how can she celebrate international women’s day when she has nothing and No Recourse to Public Funds. Rani is from South Asia. She got married to her husband ‘Raj’ after families arranged it. She came to the...
Sweeta Durrani’s poignant reflections and poems describe her pain as a mother who had to flee from Afghanistan and was thereby separated from her children. It was 3 hours and 25 minutes past midnight when I lifted my head from the pillow. I couldn’t sleep as the sound...
In praise of Arara Gardens By Malema Every weekend I used go to Arara park with my friends and my family. We would play football together, then we used to have a barbecue with traditional Sudanese foods including kebabs and asida – a wheat flour dumpling. My mother...
A woman is a beautiful and delicate creature and she should be taken into consideration and set free to try and build her own way and life. I am Sara and I am seventeen years old, but I am growing up because I will be eighteen years old in a few days … I was born and...
By Alhaji Kamara (A S Kay) We maybe different colours But we’re one human race In this place Let’s chase hatred out of our space For its gaining pace It’s slowly dividing the human race Don’t allow it win the...
