By Tom Atema One month ago today, on February 6, 2023, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake, with a series of strong tremors and aftershocks, devastated southeast Turkey and northwest Syria. Weeks later, the death toll has passed 47,000 and continues to rise. Mid-morning on February …

The Kurdish people have not known peace in centuries. They are a people with no land to call their own since four countries dispute the land they came from as their own property.  There are estimated to be 30-45 million Kurds, and those have faced …

It can be difficult these days to keep up with everything that is happening in Lebanon. The Lebanese currency is at its all-time low, fuel shortages are frequent, and medicine and other medical supply shortages are threatening the lives of many. The Lebanese population in …

Hasna came to Lebanon from Syria more than 40 years ago. To say that life was difficult for her is an understatement. She was wedded off at a very young age to a man who already had children from a previous marriage. She had a …

Learning takes place through different mediums. At times it is auditory, where learning takes place through listening to the lesson. Other times it is kinesthetic, where learning happens by doing. However, for most learners, when the lesson is visual it is easier to retain. For …