The Stitches of Loss and Love
The Children of Spring
World Challenge’s partners are working to help the children of Middle Eastern refugees with educational aid and food.
The Arab Spring in the early 2010s may seem like a distant memory for those outside of the Middle East, but for many Syrians, it still looms large over everyday life.
A Warm Meal for a Refugee
Many families, especially refugees, are struggling against food and job scarcity right now, but World Challenge partners in Turkey are working to offer a helping hand.
Ayça Tekin-Koru, professor of economics and writer for VoxEU, has explored an oft-undiscussed area of concern that the coronavirus pandemic is causing: the plight of refugees.
Longing to Go Home and Back in Time
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are trying to build new lives for themselves even while they mourn the people and homes they have lost.
With Lebanon’s economy and government in an uproar, many refugees are confronted with the possibility of having to flee again. Others are finding that, although ISIS no longer directly threatens them, quieter dangers are stalking their families.
Gospel Fire in the Middle East
From a fatherless street kid to father-figure for refugee children, one man tells about God's incredible work in his life and in Lebanon.
Muhammad’s father died when he was young, and he grew up more or less on Beirut’s streets. His mother sent him to a nearby church’s Sunday school in hopes that it would keep him out of trouble.
The Wives of ISIS
Syria is now the questionable home to mothers and children who are either forgotten, ignored or condemned.
“There’s only one exit,” our guide tells us at the place where we’re staying. “If you need to evacuate, don’t turn left outside. That part of the street belongs to Assad.”