The Fulani are nomadic herder people who originate from the area that stretches from Senegal to Niger. With rapid population growth and increasing conflict in many West African countries, the Fulanis have been forced to move south to find refuge…
Church bells ring while the muezzin calls people to pray over the mosque’s loudspeaker. A 22-year-old with his stylishly torn jeans lounges at a café on Rainbow Street, smoking an e-cigarette. A shepherd guides 25 sheep down the avenue, dodging…
Six-year-old Mohamed attended a Christian event that was held for homeless kids and, after learning about Jesus, he proclaimed that he belonged to Him. Everyone could see that Mohamed had changed for the better. His mother was happy, but others…
Over 500 men, women and children drowned in June 2023 while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an overcrowded boat destined for Greece. The boat was filled with migrants from Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, and Palestine who were seeking asylum…
Mahmoud, an Iranian refugee in Europe, regularly visited a local church, with the hope that they would support him in his refugee status. While he was there, he learned about Christian ways of worship, including the different ways that Christians…
At the bus station in Gorgan, the main town of Golestan, we take a taxi to the settlement area. The taxi driver turns out to be Turkmen. He is very hospitable and invites us to his home for Iftar –…
The destructive earthquakes of early 2023 were traumatic for many people in both Turkey and Syria. In Turkey, there were at least 50,783 deaths and 107,204 injuries recorded. In Syria, there were over 8,000 deaths and over 5,000 injuries. Adding…
During a meal in the living room of a Muslim family in central Bosnia, someone asks five-year-old Namik why his father does not pray in the mosque like others. The little boy replies, innocently, that he doesn ́t go to…
Mother Teresa’s parents were born here in Kosovo. In ancient times, Kosovo was known as the center of the Dardanian kingdom and the Christian message first arrived here at the time of the Apostle Paul (Roman 15:19). Yet Kosovo has…
Mariam put her head down and tried to avoid eye-contact with anyone as she walked quickly through the streets in Oslo, intent on getting home with the groceries she had just purchased. Her hijab was woolen, and welcome against the…
