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For a humanitarian worker, life often means traveling to volatile regions, responding to emergencies and enduring long absences from loved ones. Over the past 20 years, while working across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, I have experienced this reality firsthand. Despite this, I still try to stay connected with friends and old colleagues if not every month, then at least with warm NewYear’s greetings when the year draws to a close.   Just days before 2026

In 2021, nine years into Syria’s ongoing civil war, I traveled to Northeast Syria (NES) on a humanitarian medical mission with Doctors of the World.  My work took me to different regions, where I met with local community leaders, health professionals, refugees, and internally displaced people to identify the most pressing health and humanitarian needs. The situation on the ground was more complex than the official reports and other international news headlines I had read befo

It was 7:00 am on a dreadful morning of August 22, 2012 when my mobile rang. I ignored it thinking that it was a blank call....

It was June 2004 when Focus Humanitarian Assistance Europe (an agency of Aga Khan Development Network) invited me for an interview at its...