I deeply believe we must restore mercy to our society, our universal brotherhood, our empathy, which can overcome all barriers and reveal the true nature of men and women. As human beings we all share hopes, dreams, fears and wishes. In light of this we cannot be indifferent and passive in the face of suffering in those around us.
Reading Time: 3 minutes On December 21st 2018, the UNHCR released an update on Yemen, but Christmas festivities casted a shadow over it. While Christmas sparkling lights and songs reverberated in our cities, alarming......
Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 15th 2,200 Rohingya who are currently living in Bangladeshi camps and settlements were supposed to return to Myanmar on a voluntary basis, in compliance with a bilateral agreement......
Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 25th, 264 people arrived in Pozzallo, including 184 men, 43 women, 37 minors and 5 new-born babies. One small girl was only 15 days old, some traces of......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Amal Hussain’s distant look broke the wall of silence over the ongoing Yemeni civil war. Her emaciated body suffering from malnutrition and deprivation became a symbol of this severe and......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Violence against women is an appalling phenomenon that affects 1 in 3 women at the global level, which means that 35% of women experience some form of physical and/or sexual......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Violence against women is an appalling phenomenon that affects 1 in 3 women at the global level, which means that 35% of women experience some form of physical and/or sexual......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mohammed is three years old and belongs to the stateless Rohingya community, which is known to be the world’s most persecuted minority. The MOAS team met this young boy at......
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rosna is six months old and is currently living in Unchiprang with her father (30) and mother (25), who takes her to the local MOAS Aid Station that was opened......
Reading Time: 3 minutes Upon my return from Bologna and before arriving in Bangladesh, I had time to reflect on the experience made at the event organised by Sant’Egidio “Bridges of Peace 2018”. Among......
Reading Time: 3 minutes On October 15th, I participated in a panel about humanitarian corridors as part of the event Bridges of Peace 2018 organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio to discuss global migrations,......
I believe in social business and philanthropy. I am actively connected to different humanitarian projects. Together with my husband, we created MOAS and Tangiers Group, our family business, where I am currently a member of the Board of Directors
“the human species — we, in short — had the potential to construct an enormity of pain, and that pain is the only force created from nothing, without cost and without effort. It is enough not to see, not to listen, not to act”
Primo Levi
“Omnia munda mundis; coinquinatis autem et infidelibus nihil mundum, sed inquinatae sunt eorum et mens et conscientia”