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Eight years in a tent
The Yazidi community is one of the social groups, or ethnic minorities to be more accurate, who are the main beneficiaries of our aid. Why are we still helping them despite no war activities currently taking place in Iraq? In November last year, I wrote a long article...
An unknown face of Egypt
Egypt is a popular tourist destination for the Poles and other nations. The pyramids, numerous monuments and resorts on the Red Sea are places that attract tourists. Unfortunately, there is also a darker side to this place. Most attacks that have taken place over the...
Egypt – a paradise country in the terrorists’ crosshairs
Egypt is often associated with beautiful, sunny weather, wonderful monuments as well as tourist resorts in Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and Marsa Alam, all popular holiday destinations for the Poles. Not many are aware that the country is also a target of al-Qaeda and...
Everything for the sake of people that we help
People often ask us why we help in Iraq. We answer that someone has to and we can. Obvioulsy, it’s a simplistic way of putting it since we have our personal motivations which we have expressed many times. We are also helping on a smaller scale in other countries where...
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[A Close Point of View] The Yazidis. An ethnic minority or a nation?
Our activities are directed mainly at the Yazidis. It is the community against which ISIS carried out a genocide in August 2014. I would like to say a little bit more about them. Who are the Yazidis? What does their secretive religion hide and why have they become the...
A girl with Kalashnikov
A picture of a young girl walking down the road in the mountains with Kalashnikov on her back went viral. It was taken in August 2014. At the time, terrorists from the so-called Islamic State were carrying out a genocide against the Yazidis in Sinjar. They murdered...
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Eight years in a tent
The Yazidi community is one of the social groups, or ethnic minorities to be more accurate, who are the main beneficiaries of our aid. Why are we still helping them despite no war activities currently taking place in Iraq? In November last year, I wrote a long article...
An unknown face of Egypt
Egypt is a popular tourist destination for the Poles and other nations. The pyramids, numerous monuments and resorts on the Red Sea are places that attract tourists. Unfortunately, there is also a darker side to this place. Most attacks that have taken place over the...
Egypt – a paradise country in the terrorists’ crosshairs
Egypt is often associated with beautiful, sunny weather, wonderful monuments as well as tourist resorts in Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and Marsa Alam, all popular holiday destinations for the Poles. Not many are aware that the country is also a target of al-Qaeda and...
Everything for the sake of people that we help
People often ask us why we help in Iraq. We answer that someone has to and we can. Obvioulsy, it’s a simplistic way of putting it since we have our personal motivations which we have expressed many times. We are also helping on a smaller scale in other countries where...
[A Close Point of View] The Yazidis. An ethnic minority or a nation?
Our activities are directed mainly at the Yazidis. It is the community against which ISIS carried out a genocide in August 2014. I would like to say a little bit more about them. Who are the Yazidis? What does their secretive religion hide and why have they become the...
A girl with Kalashnikov
A picture of a young girl walking down the road in the mountains with Kalashnikov on her back went viral. It was taken in August 2014. At the time, terrorists from the so-called Islamic State were carrying out a genocide against the Yazidis in Sinjar. They murdered...