“ Workers were required to stay six months, and even then permission to quit was not always granted. The factory held the first two months of every worker's pay; leaving without approval meant losing th… Leslie T. Chang
“ When an entire segment of the world is burned and reduced to a lawless battleground for thugs and mercenaries, a land where government does not exist, where the slate of history is being wiped out and… Aysha Taryam
“ The Arab Spring whose seeds failed to bloom anything other than a chaotic mess that requires only blood to grow has contributed immensely to the rising numbers of these migrants. Aysha Taryam
“ Inevitably, though, there will always be a significant part of the past which can neither be burnt nor banished to the soothing limbo of forgetfulness— myself. I was and still am that same ship which… Luisa A. Igloria
“ You stand for what is right-for the patient and the staff.Pressures of work may down you,maybe bent but not broken. Mujel Hasan
“ Bob, I am grateful for yourThree letter name.It's another reminder of homeOf a world predictableOf a life I had. Wilfred Waters
“ [Y]ou, one day, will knock lips with Turkish-coffee-clad veils whose beds our kin must tuck in misty-eyed. Armineonila M.
“ You are...the embodimentof immediate good karma.The equalizer between bottomfeeders and the sanctimoniouscogs in the system. G.A.P. Gutierrez
“ Now we’re guests in a faraway land nearly 40 years on. No trees, no cool breeze, no best friends. Only endless days spent in sending SMSs... Nabeel Philip Mohan
