Refugee Lives

2011-12 Refugee Trip

Jordan is home and way station to a few million Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. In Dec. 2011, at a time when the Arab Spring was reshaping the contours of the Middle East and when U.S. troops were withdrawing from Iraq, Northwestern University students from the U.S. and Qatar converged on Amman to report on their lives and expectations.

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2010-11 Refugee Trip

Northwestern students documented the lives of refugees from three different places in the world – Jordan, Malawi and Namibia — depicting the daily lives of refugees and establishing connections between resettled refugees and those abroad.

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Immigrant Connect

Chicago is steeped in the immigrant tradition and alive right now with the energy and natural chaos of recent arrivals to the city and suburbs. This project brings together the personal stories that emerge from the multiple immigrant communities on issues of interest to immigrants and their families.

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Sponsors

• AT&T Foundation and AT&T
• RIM-Blackberry
• Buffet Center for International
  and Comparative Studies
• Northwestern University
• Medill

About the Team

• Led by Medill professor Jack Doppelt, the Refugee Lives project is staffed by a group of faculty, students and volunteers across the world.

In the Press

• "Northwestern University recently hatched an ambitious project with international reach. ... Northwestern sent students to report on the lives of refugees in three very different settings..."

  — NPR's WBEZ Chicago