Bangladesh, Aug. 25 -- Ruhul Amin was fleeing a targeted campaign of extreme violence in his home country of Myanmar, along with 700,000 other Rohingya people, when he met Arunn Jegan in 2017 in Bangladesh. Both worked at Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), and shared a brief interaction that began an enduring partnership.

Eight years later, the two friends and colleagues are collaborating on projects that challenge the boundaries of what it means to provide care. Medical care will always be essential, but surviving isn't the same as living. And the Rohingya struggle to do both.

Ruhul and Arunn set out to create a project rooted in people's existence, culture, and stories, to help Rohingya people express themselves, ...