Refugees and Displaced Persons

November 7, 2023

Applying Her Kurdish Heritage to Watches

Leyla Uysal uses ethnic motifs and the colors of her Turkish homeland in her Bajer line. In the early 1990s, when Leyla Uysal was in grade […]
March 7, 2022

Balenciaga Goes Where Fashion Hasn’t Dared Go Before

In the show of the season, the brand takes on the war in Ukraine. Valentino embraces love. And Givenchy buckles down. PARIS — In a cold, […]
November 14, 2017

Modern Love: ‘Happiness Is Incomplete’: A Refugee Couple’s Scattered Lives

Advertisement In 2001, Hazim, 65, a former English teacher, left his native Iraq for Jordan. His wife, Entidhar, 61, followed about three years later. Entidhar, as […]
April 5, 2017

Refugee Designer Shines a Light on Global Issues

In summer 2014, a German astronaut on the International Space Station posted an image to his Twitter account with the caption, “My saddest photo yet.” It […]
September 21, 2016

Angelina Jolie to Divorce Brad Pitt, Ending ‘Brangelina’

It was a grand Hollywood romance that made its presence felt far and wide, from the red carpet to refugee camps in the world’s trouble spots. […]