What is intergenerational trauma? Experiencing a traumatic event can have a significant impact on a person’s life but did you know that it can passed down through generations? This type of trauma is usually associated with large-scale traumatic events and doesn’t only affect those
We need someone to understand what we're feeling The situation in Syria was horrible. The regime has been in power for 30 years and I remember my dad always being afraid because you can’t say anything against the tyranny of the regime. I was
Our chosen home By January 1947 things were starting to get bad, there were a lot of killings and people were being pushed out of their homes. When the decision to partition India was made by Cyril Radcliffe, people had begun migrating in large
I didn’t just want to survive, I wanted to thrive I grew up in a country deeply divided along ethnic lines and as a Tutsi I was very lucky to survive the genocide. We led a privileged life because my Dad was one of
Refugees don’t take, they make a country richer because of their contributions Edited excerpt from the transcript of a phone call with Daniel Nayeri For a 6-year-old, it had all the hallmarks of an adventure even though the bad news kept piling
