Shakally shared his experiences Thursday at a presentation hosted by the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council about his experience growing up as a Syrian asylum seeker.

In the Old Capitol Senate Chamber on Thursday night, Melissa Fleming, the head of communications for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, described the dire situation facing most of the world’s refugees.

On the topic of Syrian refugees in the U.S., America's Arab community is split.

One University of Iowa law graduate shows a Daily Iowan photographer what life in a refugee camp is like.