
Volunteering in Syrian Refugee Camps
Excerpt: “Things get real when I’m handed the three-year-old son of the pregnant woman …
Excerpt: “Things get real when I’m handed the three-year-old son of the pregnant woman …
“But Sunni and Shia death squads began targeting Iraqis working for the coalition …
“The men, ages 20 to 25, were weak from three days without food and water, were soaked to the skin from a treacherous sea crossing from Turkey …
My father cursed me. I was departing to volunteer and gather stories in Syrian refugee camps in Lesvos, Greece …
“I have my own story. One I’ve replayed in my head when dread lodges in my body while I watch the scenes of horror in Paris unfold on TV …
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