[photo credit: Catherine Constantinides ]

Refugees are humans – that’s what I would like the world to remember.

It’s 2 : 09 PM on day 2837 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray while sitting outside and do some work.

Today is World Refugee Day – a day when the world pauses to remember that 23,300 people a day are forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. . Today and every day I stand by my statement that Morocco’s 42-year illegal occupation of the Western Sahara is WRONG and CRIMINAL! #FreeWesternSahara . #StandInTheSand with Catherine Constantinides and I as we stand in solidarity with the people of Western Sahara now & always. May we never forget that NOBODY IS A REFUGEE BY CHOICE. Show some compassion. Show your heart.

[All pictures above from Catherine Constantinides]