Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. Olga was born and raised in the small village of Bolshenarym, but that didn’t stop her from having big city dreams and ambitions. She grew up Muslim because when you are born Kazakh, you are automatically a...
Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. Mostafa was a devoted father of three who balanced his Egyptian family life with his entrepreneurial work as CEO of a trading and distribution company. During the Arab Spring revolution, Mostafa and his wife had...
Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. As a pastor in his native Burundi, Claude embraced change to make his country a better, more equitable place to live. In the name of love, Claude overcame the country’s old ethnic divisions – he is Hutu...
Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. For many years Yasmin led a fulfilling life with multiple roles in her native Iraq – mother of two independent young women, devoted wife, and talented engineer. After graduating from university in Baghdad,...
Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. Warning: This story contains potentially traumatizing descriptions of violence. Hope is beautiful, tall, and highly intelligent, which she applies to studying architecture. Most central to Hope’s character,...
Note: The name has been changed, but the facts have not. Anya was born in Russia and raised there until she was about 10 years old. Her parents brought her with them on a tourist visa to the United States and never returned to Russia. It only took Anya 23 years,...
