Tag: families

My boyfriend Serhii had a call with his family. It was his grandmother’s birthday. She was born right after Holodomor, survived the Second World War and now — at the age of 76 — she has to live through another war, another Russian terror. Fairness is a subjective human category. In...

A few days ago, the dedicated staff of Passages Charter School took an inspiring initiative to extend support to migrant families recently placed at the Broadway Armory shelter. Although they were unable to enter the building, our Assistant Principal, Erica Hernandez, managed to engage with some of ...

Image Source: Habiter Montreal On the East-end of the Greater Montreal Area, between Little Italy and the Olympic stadium, is a neighbourhood that has gained much popularity in recent years. Rosemont is an affordable residential borough with large green spaces, community-minded residents, and a c...

My friend Tim lives in the smallest apartment I have ever seen. A single bed lines one wall, from which you could easily touch the opposite wall. When I asked if he’d been writing much lately, he told me he couldn’t because his desk was too small for a pen and paper (to be fair, he also ...

When I was a kid in Houston in the 1990’s Houston already had over 20 mosques. The halal food scene focused on South Asian cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine within the famous Hillcroft district. But asides from that, Muslim culture in Houston was still quiet. Fast forward 20 years later, Hous...

The Nashashibi family, a distinguished Palestinian family with roots tracing back to the fifteenth century, played a significant role in shaping the political landscape of Jerusalem. In contrast to their counterparts, the Hussseini family, who espoused militant views, the Nashashibis were known for ...

Here are the key facts of this story, as agreed upon by ¹Forbes, ²People Magazine, ³ABC News, ⁴USA Today, ⁵The Hill and ⁶The Tributary. Family members of three people killed in the Jacksonville Dollar General shooting have filed a lawsuit in...

Family immigration, a pathway established by Congress, allows U.S. citizens and permanent residents to bring certain family members who are abroad to this country or to enable those family members who are already in the U.S. to adjust their status here. It is an acknowledgment of the vital role...

“Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.” — Galatians 3:28 Awaken Sunday We are closing out our 21 Days of Prayer journey with a special Awaken Sunday focused on familie...

Speakers of most of the world’s languages are at least vaguely aware that their tongue is related to some others. For people in the West, the most familiar example is Romance languages, which began as Latin slang in Italy, Spain, Gaul, and elsewhere and grew up to become great languages in the...