Know Your Neighbor
One Woman’s Journey to Healing
Among the many ways newcomers arrive in the United States, B2 Visas aren’t common among them. Yet, this special medical permission is exactly what led Marwa and her family to…
Read MoreThere is Always Light
written by Molly Crouch Salah and I sit down in the club house of his apartment complex (he asked that his name be changed for his protection). An Ahwazi Arab…
Read MoreThey Make Me Feel Like Family
Fariha brings cakes and tea to the table of her two-bedroom apartment. Her children gather close to their mother. Mariam is going on a class field trip to the Jamestown…
Read MoreBuilding Hope: One girl’s quest to live a full life
Hajer Salaam is all smiles with a bright voice and cheery disposition who wears a long braid, pink hair bow and polka dot tights on the day we meet. A…
Read MoreAfghan refugee finds home in Charlottesville
CBS19 News: June 20, 2022 Home is how Rahimullah Nishat describes Charlottesville. “I’m not going anywhere,” said Nishat. But it hasn’t always been that way. “When I first got here…
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