A Loving Embrace for the African Diaspora
A LOVING EMBRACE FOR THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
Story by EMMA MARIE CHIANG
Published by AIMStories.com
In Arabic, Sabah Mohamed helps a woman fill out paperwork to receive a bag of food at the weekly food pantry. Sabah, a 26-year-old Sahrawi woman, is in training for a new job as an immigration lawyer at Tharsis Betel, a non-profit organization founded by Adulama Missionary Church that supports refugees with daily resources and legal services in Jerez, Spain.
As a Sahrawi refugee from the Western Sahara, Sabah identifies with other Sahrawis and refugees, because she also knows what it’s like to lose everything in a place that was once home and to flee to an unfamiliar country. This is why she desires to support these people by providing resources and legal services.
“I and my family are refugees,” Sabah says. “It’s very important that refugees have a place where they are not persecuted by other forces, a place where they can live happily and grow up in a country that is safer for them.”