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A GLIMPSE INTO ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHALLENGING CONTEXTS—SOME THOUGHTS
A marketplace born of adversity The morning was humid as we wandered together along the makeshift marketplace at Balukhali Bazar in Cox’s Bazar. This vibrant... Read More
Post-Coup Human Rights for the Rohingya: Paving A Path Forward
In early 2021, the military in Myanmar – the Tatmadaw – seized power in a coup d’état. Its actions, on the one hand, mean ill... Read More
Together, they grow
How an NGO rebuilds the lives of Rohingya refugees in the Indian district of Nuh In 2022, more than 3,500 Rohingya refugees attempted to cross... Read More
Why Cultural Contextualization Matters: Books Unbound’s program with Rohingya girls in the world’s largest refugee camp
The Rohingya Crisis The Rohingya are an ethnic minority from Rakhine State, Myanmar. Like many other ethnic groups in Myanmar, they have been victims of... Read More
The Rohingyas in No Man’s Land have fled to Bangladesh
After the latest genocide in August 2017 more than 700,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar. However, since then around 6,000 Rohingyas who could not... Read More
Rohingya repatriation: various actors need to be considered
Bangladesh is trying to resolve the burden of the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the Rohingyas to Myanmar who have been staying in Bangladesh for decades.... Read More
Book Review: ‘Escape from Manus’ – Jaivet Ealom
“Escape from Manus”, Jaivet Ealom, Penguin Viking, 2021, 347 pages I expected this book to be like Henri Charriere’s 1969 memoir Papillon, about his escape... Read More
Coronavirus Reaches the World’s Most Persecuted People: The Threat of COVID-19 in the Rohingya Refugee Camps
On May 14 2020 the first case of the novel coronavirus was confirmed in the biggest refugee camp in the world—Kutupalong, Cox’s Bazar. The refugees... Read More
The Mental health and well-being of the Rohingya in Bangladesh beyond COVID-19
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) [pdf] one in every five people living in areas beset by conflict experience some form of mental health... Read More
Political Considerations of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Ramifications
According to the UNHCR, over a million Rohingya refugees have fled violence in Myanmar, most of them women and children who have almost nothing and... Read More