Abdul Aziz

The Rohingya crisis is often told only through numbers, camps and decades of statelessness. But a generation raised in exile is now speaking for itself, using social media to document their lives, organise across borders and demand recognition as a people with history and rights, not just refugees waiting to be counted.

Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants in Saudi Arabia drive the pilgrimage economy through regional networks and inherited occupations.

Every year, the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah transform into the spiritual heart of the Muslim world.