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Ekhlas’s Story (Video Documentary)

christiem — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:39:00 +0000

After her husband received a death threat in the form of a note on their doorstep, Ekhlas and her family knew they had to flee their home. After arriving safely in Jordan, they were repeatedly denied refugee status in the United states. This is their story.

Filmed by Lee Wang, edited by Yasmin Samir-Shakir and Insa Langhorst. Funded by The Fledgling Fund.

http://youtu.be/6kqI9GtGinY

Mustafa (Video Documentary)

Staff — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:50:38 +0000

After losing most of his family in the war, Mustafa is alone and single in Jordan, stuck in a seemingly endless limbo as he waits for asylum.

Credits: Filmed by Lee Wang, edited by Yasmin Samir-Shakir and Insa Langhorst. Funded by The Fledgling Fund.

Ahmed’s Story – (Video Documentary)

Staff — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:07:39 +0000

NOTE: Due to increased threats to Ahmed’s family in Iraq, for their safety we can no longer list Ahmed’s story on our website. Please help us provide relief to refugees like Ahmed by donating.

A young doctor recounts how he was persecuted for being gay in Iraq and forced to flee the country.

Filmed by Lee Wang and edits by Insa Langhorst and Yasmin Samir-Shakir. Funded by The Fledgling Fund.

Abdulsattar (Video Documentary)

Staff — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:03:33 +0000

After five years of waiting fruitlessly for asylum, a father wonders what kind of future his children face in a country that doesn’t seem to want them.

Credits: Filmed by Lee Wang, edited by Yasmin Samir-Shakir and Insa Langhorst. Funded by The Fledgling Fund..

The Ibrahims: A family struggles to survive and to hope (Video Documentary)

Staff — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:41:02 +0000

UPDATE! With IRAP’s help, the Ibrahim’s have won their appeal and now live in Portland, OR. Watch our short documentary on their story.

Credits: Filmed by Lee Wang, edited by Yasmin Samir-Shakir and Insa Langhorst. Funded by The Fledgling Fund.

The Ibrahims left their home to save their children. Their son Ibrahim was shopping with his mother in an open market when a terrorist car bomb exploded. The explosive shock wave struck him in the head, blinding him in one eye and possibly damaging his brain. When the smoke cleared, young Ibrahim never spoke again. Meanwhile, their daughter Tuhama suffers from a rare disease that causes her kidneys to fail every fifteen to twenty days. Each time Tuhama collapsed from kidney failure, the family had to run a gauntlet of insurgent checkpoints, bombings and gunfire to reach the hospital. Finally, with the situation already at the breaking point, an insurgent leader appeared at their door. If Mr. Ibrahim would not join his militia, he told them, they would be killed. They fled to Jordan, finding temporary refuge in an Amman slum.

Two weeks after arriving in Jordan, the Ibrahims registered as refugees with the United Nations and requested resettlement in the West. Ibrahim and Tuhama had medical conditions that could not be treated in Jordan, making resettlement the Ibrahim’s only chance to build a future for their children. At their resettlement interview, a US official asked Mr. Ibrahim what would happen if the family returned to Iraq. He said that he couldn’t be sure, but that they were likely to be killed. On this basis, the official decided that the Ibrahims could safely return to Iraq, and denied their request to be resettled as refugees.

Zaman (Video Documentary)

Staff — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:51:28 +0000

Zaman talks about how she was forced to drop out of college after being targeted for being a member of a Christian minority group.