Courage of refugee Olympians lights up Tokyo Games
Competing on the global stage gives new hope and valuable experience to refugee Olympians and focuses attention on the situation and potential of the world’s forcibly displaced.
Irish Somali woman steps up campaign against female genital mutilation
Ifrah Ahmed’s fight against FGM has taken on a new urgency during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Raber – an athlete, a volunteer, a fighter for life
Ελληνικά Raber Ismael, 29, a Kurd from northern Iraq who was born with a disability, has been living in Cyprus as a recognised refugee for more than three years. He loves to train in track and field and aspires to compete in games one day. He’s studying Greek and...
Six athletes to make up Refugee Paralympic Team at Tokyo Games
Competitors in four sports – including first female refugee Paralympian – ready to take to world stage after beating the odds despite being forced to flee their homes.
Meet Wasif – a Mathematician and engineer, a caring father and a stateless Palestinian
Ελληνικά Wasif Almady, 34, is a stateless Palestinian and a former resident of Iraq who fled to Cyprus in 2010 for a peaceful life away from persecution and the sectarian violence that erupted in Iraq in 2003. He lives today in Cyprus on subsidiary protection status...
Meet Widad, a Palestinian from Gaza strip, and her journey of life
Ελληνικά Widad Al Banna is a Palestinian from Gaza strip who fled to Cyprus with her husband and three children six years ago to find safety from the war. Today, they live in Cyprus as recognised refugees. “My children never got to know what a peaceful life...