Having a voice in a new country

Towle delivering his welcoming remarks during the stakeholders’ meeting on ‘Solidarity With Refugees: Finding Solutions Together’ at The Northam All Suites Hotel Penang in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Penang.

SPEAKING in front of a large audience can be a terrifying experience for most people, more so if you’re a teenage refugee who has come a long way from home.

But that did not stop Astana Bibi, an 18-year-old Rohingya refugee, from going up on stage to givea speech during a refugee stakeholders’ meeting in Penang.