Integrated but Segregated

Integrated but Segregated

Syrian Refugee Students’ Reflections of Space in Jordan’s Double-Shift Schools After experiencing disruption, pain, and unimaginable loss, Syrian children arrived in Jordan and desperately hoped to regain their childhood and be students, friends, and aspiring...

I learned in life

I learned in life

That grief and happiness can coexist, back to back, next to each other. One can take over for moments, days or months but eventually they can coexist. There is no betrayal to either. That each of us has a blind spot. Something we do not see in ourselves, but others...

Music Is My Life

Music Is My Life

Music saved me, illuminated my path, made me feel the beauty of this planet, and made me forget the destruction and war and look forward to a better and more beautiful future.

Queen Elizabeth Wore Damask Brocade

Queen Elizabeth Wore Damask Brocade

The city of Damascus is famous for its unique type of fabric, called brocade, which Damascus was famous for three thousand years ago. It takes ten hours to make one meter of damask because of the delicate, complex patterns and attention to detail. Brocade is an...