Tag: Mental health
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Day In The Life 2: The Note
This is part 2 in my day in the life series. Read part 1 here: Day In The Life 1: The Zoo. As expected, we get attacked with questions when we pull into the youth center. When is Aqaba happening? Did any names get refused? We do these trainings once or twice a year; our…
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Uncertainty: The Most Certain Thing Now
Medford, MA – April 2020 At the end of 2019 I moved back to the US after living in Jordan for four years (and after I quit my job working in Zaatari Camp). I moved in with my sister and other housemates in Medford, MA. About two months later, the pandemic upended everything, and Raja…
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Coming Alive Again
Kitesurfing and healing at Nauset Beach I was hungover, so I wasn’t even sure that I wanted to go to the beach. When Zoe suggested staying home and watching a movie, I was almost convinced. In the end we drove to Nauset beach – my sister Emily, our friends Zoe, Sophie and Sarah, and I.…
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The Refugee, the Arrest & the Carrot Seed
Amman and Zaatari Camp – June 2018 CONTENT WARNING: domestic violence Monday. When I arrived to Zaatari on Monday morning, some of the refugee staff at our youth center told me Hashem* had beaten his wife so badly that she’d called the police who’d detained him in the nearby Mafraq prison for one night. Given…
I would never wish divorce on anyone. Not even my worst enemy. I’m glad you have a black bear cub!…