The following photos and poems are from a fundraising appeal by Oxfam - click here for details and how to contribute.
Five years after the Rohingya people were forced to flee their homes, almost a million displaced people still live in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, accounting for the world’s largest refugee camp.
Each one of them has a powerful story to tell, so Oxfam asked a group of Rohingya artists to submit visual art, photography, writing, and poetry to share these stories with the world.
Each piece speaks to the enduring humanity, dignity, and resilience of the Rohingya people.
"In this journey, we have been walking toward justice and a life where we can enjoy all rights that a human being has on this planet, and we will keep walking until we reach this goal." — Ro Abdula
Ro Abdula took this photograph after the refugee camp was fenced in with barbed wire. "My life has become like a prisoner trapped in a jail, where we have to stay in a limited area and can't move according to our own desires."
"Life in a refugee camp is a sample of hell. I really feel hopeless here, but when I am able to tell my people's stories in front of the world, that gives a bit of hope." — Mohammed Zenaid
Each one of them has a powerful story to tell, so Oxfam asked a group of Rohingya artists to submit visual art, photography, writing, and poetry to share these stories with the world.
Each piece speaks to the enduring humanity, dignity, and resilience of the Rohingya people.
"In this journey, we have been walking toward justice and a life where we can enjoy all rights that a human being has on this planet, and we will keep walking until we reach this goal." — Ro Abdula
Ro Abdula took this photograph after the refugee camp was fenced in with barbed wire. "My life has become like a prisoner trapped in a jail, where we have to stay in a limited area and can't move according to our own desires."
"Life in a refugee camp is a sample of hell. I really feel hopeless here, but when I am able to tell my people's stories in front of the world, that gives a bit of hope." — Mohammed Zenaid
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