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Amid the increasingly complex and uncertain global challenges, humanitarian crises continue to pose major issues that demand urgent attention and action. Wars, armed conflicts, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and various other factors have led to chaos and severe disruptions in societal systems. These circumstances have resulted in the loss of lives and property, mass displacement [...]

Nada Abu Taleb has documented Yemen's silent suffering as Islamic Relief's Media and Communication Coordinator in the country. Now, she reveals what humanitarian work truly means in one of the world's most neglected crises. World Humanitarian Day is a moment to pause, reflect, and remember why we choose to stand together in the face of [...]

Displaced from Gaza and now living in another country in the Middle East, Islamic Relief’s Mariam* continues working tirelessly to support vulnerable people back home in Gaza, including her colleagues, who are facing incredible hardship. This World Humanitarian Day, we pay tribute to humanitarian workers doing all they can to support the people of Gaza. [...]

Susica Camp was a notorious concentration camp, operated by Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. Bosnian Serb forces imprisoned Bosniaks and Croats in such camps as part of their campaign of ethnic cleansing against these populations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the United Nations, as many as 8,000 Bosniak and other non-Serbs in the [...]

“My name is Emir Cica and I am 49. I am currently Country Director of the Islamic Relief Bosnia office. I work with local and international partners and many other different things. “I joined Islamic Relief in 2006, in the micro credit programme. I was a local officer, and it was my first job, and [...]

Tima is a 70-year-old survivor of the Srebrenica genocide. She is a mother to Nedzad and 3 daughters, Hurija, Amela and Inela. In 1992, her village was attacked, forcing her family to flee. “I had to leave because they set the house on fire. They killed whoever they could. We never returned. Whoever stayed was [...]