http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia Refugees, United Nations, and Getting Involved Thu, 17 May 2012 06:49:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-41 “DISPLACED” means a lot more than You and I can Imagine… – The Buzz Bin Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:56:12 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-41 [...] Today, I am dedicating my blog post to the 43.3 million refugees who were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. That’s nearly the combined populations of New York and Texas. The circumstances in which these refugees continue to fight for “life and hope” are beyond my limited understanding. May be I am just too pampered to not even have the faintest clue what it must be like for this Somalian couple trying to flee Libya. The young couple Omar and Khadeja don’t have to make decisions like you and I have to on a given day: we have to decide between the Starbucks latte of organic green tea, the laptop or the iPad, the Amtrak train from DC to NY or the Delta flight. Refugees like Omar and Khadeja have to make decisions like giving up their one-year old daughter to save her life in trying to flee from Libya or taking her with them. http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia. [...] [...] Today, I am dedicating my blog post to the 43.3 million refugees who were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. That’s nearly the combined populations of New York and Texas. The circumstances in which these refugees continue to fight for “life and hope” are beyond my limited understanding. May be I am just too pampered to not even have the faintest clue what it must be like for this Somalian couple trying to flee Libya. The young couple Omar and Khadeja don’t have to make decisions like you and I have to on a given day: we have to decide between the Starbucks latte of organic green tea, the laptop or the iPad, the Amtrak train from DC to NY or the Delta flight. Refugees like Omar and Khadeja have to make decisions like giving up their one-year old daughter to save her life in trying to flee from Libya or taking her with them. http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia. [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-40 When “DISPLACED” means Lot More than YOU and I can Imagine – The Buzz Bin Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:20:17 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-40 [...] Today, I am dedicating my blog post to the 43.3 million refugees who were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. That’s nearly the combined populations of New York and Texas. The circumstances in which these refugees continue to fight for “life and hope” are beyond my limited understanding. May be I am just too pampered to not even have the faintest clue what it must be like for this Somalian couple trying to flee Libya. The young couple Omar and Khadeja don’t have to make decisions like you and I have to on a given day: we have to decide between the Starbucks latte of organic green tea, the laptop or the iPad, the Amtrak train from DC to NY or the Delta flight. Refugees like Omar and Khadeja have to make decisions like giving up their one-year old daughter to save her life in trying to flee from Libya or taking her with them. http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia. [...] [...] Today, I am dedicating my blog post to the 43.3 million refugees who were forcibly displaced worldwide at the end of 2009, the highest number of people uprooted by conflict and persecution since the mid-1990s. That’s nearly the combined populations of New York and Texas. The circumstances in which these refugees continue to fight for “life and hope” are beyond my limited understanding. May be I am just too pampered to not even have the faintest clue what it must be like for this Somalian couple trying to flee Libya. The young couple Omar and Khadeja don’t have to make decisions like you and I have to on a given day: we have to decide between the Starbucks latte of organic green tea, the laptop or the iPad, the Amtrak train from DC to NY or the Delta flight. Refugees like Omar and Khadeja have to make decisions like giving up their one-year old daughter to save her life in trying to flee from Libya or taking her with them. http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia. [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-38 Last week! Get your Blue Key to help refugees Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:02:28 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-38 [...] everything behind. On the Blue Key blog, Somali refugees Abdullah Omar, 25, and his wife Khadija related their harrowing ordeal on the Libyan border, resulting in their decision to send their one-year-old daughter back to [...] [...] everything behind. On the Blue Key blog, Somali refugees Abdullah Omar, 25, and his wife Khadija related their harrowing ordeal on the Libyan border, resulting in their decision to send their one-year-old daughter back to [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-25 live your talk » Blog Archive » Learning about refugees motivated this question: “Is your home worth $5?” Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:57:19 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-25 [...] Khadija Omar, a Tunisian refugee who gave up her child to protect her; [...] [...] Khadija Omar, a Tunisian refugee who gave up her child to protect her; [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-18 The Forgotten Homeless | The Blue Key Blog Mon, 23 May 2011 12:31:30 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-18 [...] what kind of crisis we’re dealing with, does it? A number isn’t a person, it’s a statistic. The Abdullah’s from Mogadishu, Somalia. Those are people. And their story is heartbreaking. Four years ago, Omar and Khadija fled from the [...] [...] what kind of crisis we’re dealing with, does it? A number isn’t a person, it’s a statistic. The Abdullah’s from Mogadishu, Somalia. Those are people. And their story is heartbreaking. Four years ago, Omar and Khadija fled from the [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-10 Get Your Blue Key In Support of World Refugee Day #bluekey | Spin Sucks Wed, 18 May 2011 12:29:00 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-10 [...] who have to leave their homes, sometimes forcibly, and have to leave things behind…including children. “With smooth features and a calm way about him, Abdullah Omar, 25, comes across as someone [...] [...] who have to leave their homes, sometimes forcibly, and have to leave things behind…including children. “With smooth features and a calm way about him, Abdullah Omar, 25, comes across as someone [...]

]]> http://bluekeyblog.org/blue-key/giving-up-your-child-to-save-her-a-refugee-tale-from-tunisia#comment-7 Blue Key Campaign: The Forgotten Homeless « Public Relations and Other Ruminations Mon, 16 May 2011 12:38:24 +0000 http://bluekeyblog.org/?p=90#comment-7 [...] of crisis we’re dealing with, does it? A number isn’t a person, it’s a statistic. The Abdullah’s from Mogadishu, Somalia. Those are people. And their story is heartbreaking. Four years ago, Omar and Khadija fled from the [...] [...] of crisis we’re dealing with, does it? A number isn’t a person, it’s a statistic. The Abdullah’s from Mogadishu, Somalia. Those are people. And their story is heartbreaking. Four years ago, Omar and Khadija fled from the [...]

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