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Berlin, Germany

Malakeh

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.
Tags of Ernesto “Che” Guevara can be found all over the Smara refugee camp.
colonialism

Welcome to the Little Cuba of the Sahara Desert

The surprising story of how Spanish, baseball, and arroz cubano came to permeate some desert camps in Africa.
Andrea Prada Bianchi and Pesha Magid September 19, 2023
Skellefteå, Sweden

'Gzim och den frusna sjön' ('Gzim and the Frozen Lake')

A sculpture capturing the emotional moment when a refugee boy realizes he is about to be deported.
Nashville, Tennessee

The Horn

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.
The church-owned restaurant has both courtyard seating and indoor dining area.
restaurants

Inside the 'Pizza Church' of Amman

A restaurant tucked inside a house of worship trains Iraqi Christian refugees for jobs abroad.
Gabriel Davis and Matthew Petti March 3, 2023
A plate of samaki, or fried fish.
Detroit, Michigan

Baobab Fare

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.
Today, Félicité Niyitegeka is celebrated in Rwanda as a national hero, but her bravery is little known outside the country.
murder

How Félicité Niyitegeka Saved her Tutsi Neighbors from Genocide in Rwanda

"They are human beings, your brothers and sisters."
Elizabeth Svoboda March 4, 2022
Aseel and Salam Bunyan, Iraqi refugees and Boise business owners, inside their Mediterranean restaurant, Tarbush Kitchen.
restaurants

How Boise, Idaho, Became a Sanctuary for Refugees and Their Cuisine

Becoming a "Welcoming City" has been a boon to the region's restaurants.
Laura Kiniry March 12, 2021
Doverstorp Refugee Camp
Finspång NO, Sweden

Site of Doverstorp Refugee Camp

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.
The Vietnamese Commemorative Monument in Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

Vietnamese Commemorative Monument

A 1995 memorial acknowledges the tremendous contributions of Vietnamese refugees to Canada.
Chennai, India

Burma Bazaar

A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.
Recent comics and graphic zines from Beirut.
art

War, Romance, and Everyday Life in Beirut's Emerging Alt-Comix Scene

A generation of creators is carrying on the Arab world's history of expression and frustration.
Jonathan Guyer September 9, 2019
An illustration of Eve, on the right.
bars

The Founder of America's Earliest Lesbian Bar Was Deported for Obscenity

Eve Adams was eventually murdered at Auschwitz.
Reina Gattuso September 3, 2019
Statue and cedar-shaped memorial in Veracruz.
Veracruz, Mexico

Plaza of the Lebanese Migrant

A coastal monument honors one of Mexico's most notable immigrant groups.
Rolling flatbread in the Living Lab.
food

The Refugee Women Turning Tastes of Home Into a Food-Delivery Business

Fleeing conflict in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, they've created a rare melting pot in India.
Reina Gattuso August 20, 2019
The Archibald Dickson memorial.
Alicante, Spain

Archibald Dickson Memorial

A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.
A fresco from the Villa of Mysteries, a suburban villa from Pompeii that was preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius.
volcanoes

Where Did All the Refugees From Vesuvius End Up?

Their quest for new lives wouldn't have been that different than that of refugees today.
Noor Al-Samarrai February 27, 2019
The air raid shelter corridor.
Mgarr, Malta

Il-Barri Air Raid Shelter

Hidden beneath a restaurant, underground tunnels tell the story of Malta’s tragic role in World War II.