Author: Dina Baslan and Izza Leghtas
Dina Baslan is a cofounder of the nonprofit organization Sawiyan in Amman, Jordan. Izza Leghtas is a senior advocate at Refugees International in Washington, DC.

Faisal relies on medication for his mental health. It has been almost three years since his family, along with hundreds of other Sudanese asylum seekers, was deported back to Sudan as they protested in front of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) office in Jordan’s capital, Amman. “I have nothing left but memories. I keep remembering and remembering,” he says nervously. (More…)