The Munji people are Ismaili Muslims who live in the remote Northeastern mountains of Afghanistan. For centuries they have lived in the same valley with their own language and identity. Closely related to the Kashmiri people (of India and Pakistan),…
Afghans have been fleeing their homeland for years, but the exodus grew more intense as Kabul fell into Taliban hands and Talib fighters became more open about persecuting and killing people they do not approve of. Thankfully, Tajikistan was one…
Rasul sat in a café in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, considering the message he had just received. He has just received an offer of a job in Germany picking fruit. He had been unemployed since leaving school a year ago and he…
Amina is happy about every call she gets from her twin sons in the distant capital Addis Ababa. For a long time she had no contact with them. During the two-year war, her home in the province of Tigray in…
Bashir sits in the shade in front of his parents’ house and prepares traditional tea. He lives in one of the Saharawi refugee camps in the desert of southwestern Algeria. He and his compatriots feel forgotten by the world. After…
Ahmed walked to the mosque with his head down but his eyes and ears alert. Only a few weeks ago, the small town in Bihar where he lives was the scene of rioting, as what started as an argument between…
Ismat waved at an old school friend across the crowded courtyard but he was unable to get close enough to greet him. He had travelled from his job in Canada to Goa, on the western coast of India, to attend…
Wan is an elder in a fishing village in West Sumatra, the Indonesian homeland of the Minangkabau people. He won $150,000 in a slogan-writing competition but died before claiming the prize. His fellow villagers plotted to hide his death so…
Mohammad is a 12-year-old Sindh boy living in Karachi, Pakistan. He wakes up every morning before sunrise to perform his fajr prayers before getting ready for school. As he walks to the Islamic school, he listens to recitations from the…
India has a diverse Muslim population consisting of various ethnic groups, including Bengali, Tamil, Malayali, Gujarati, and many others. Each group has its unique cultural, linguistic, and religious practices. The most dominant Muslim ethnic group in India, however, are Urdu-speaking…
