Ghulam Muhammad from Afghanistan

Ghulam Muhammad was a physician in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. He and his wife Zainab had four children. Ghulam had created a comfortable life for his wife and kids, but he couldn’t stop worrying about their safety outside the home. The sound of gunfire, bombs, and rockets kept him up at night. In […]

Summer School for Youth

The Muslim Food Bank Muslim Food Bank & Community Services has been running a summer school

Breathing Room

Many youth are often labelled and stigmatized in our communities because they are deemed as the ones who are not as practicing as others.

A Syrian Family Determined to Prosper in Canada

Think you could never get uprooted from your home? Think again! This story follows Amena and Nizar, a young Syrian couple who, like many others, fled their war-torn country to build a new life in Canada. Note: The names used in this story are fictitious to protect the privacy of those involved. Leaving Everything Behind […]