Ahmed spent six years in immigration detention before he won a landmark legal case and…
Mark IsaacsJune 20, 2022
This is a short extract from a chapter in a collection titled Creative writing practice :…
Mark IsaacsOctober 28, 2021
From Saturday 13 February until Sunday 7 March 2021, I will be exhibiting the Imagining…
Mark IsaacsMarch 3, 2021
During the 2000s, in the mountains of central Afghanistan, a remarkable but unlikely peace movement…
Mark IsaacsNovember 17, 2020
In the summer of 2019, Australia had the worst bushfires on record. These two episodes…
Mark IsaacsJune 17, 2020
This piece was first published by the Wentworth Courier. The Emergency Department at St Vincent’s…
Mark IsaacsMay 3, 2020
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been an overload of information on…
Mark IsaacsMarch 31, 2020
The Kabul Peace House tells the story of a remarkable and unlikely peace project in…
Mark IsaacsMarch 25, 2020
In response to the recent coronavirus pandemic, there has been an overload of information on…
Mark IsaacsMarch 24, 2020
Since the partition of British India, political control over the region of Kashmir has been…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 23, 2020
In October 2018, more than seven thousand people, mainly from Honduras, but also from El…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 20, 2020
In 2015, I travelled one hour north of Shiraz, to the base of the Zagros…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 20, 2020
After four decades of war, the Afghan people yearn for peace. The Imagining Peace collection…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 20, 2020
In Australia it’s hard for newly arrived refugees to find a new job. In 2011,…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 17, 2020
From Tiananmen Square onwards, Hong Kong protesters have developed sophisticated protest strategies. This podcast explores…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 17, 2020
In late 2018 thousands of people from across Central America walked North to the border…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 16, 2020
This article was first published by The Spectator. Who runs the Migrant Caravan? Towards the…
Mark IsaacsFebruary 19, 2019
Freddie (24) is from Comayagua in Honduras. Freddie doesn’t blame his difficult upbringing for how…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 20, 2019
Tina lives with her 14-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son in a suburb called Ciudad España,…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 19, 2019
Antonio is a short 27-year-old, with a chin strap beard. He calls himself “gordito” which…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 18, 2019
Hector Lopez is the director of the Deported Veterans of America in Tijuana. The organisation’s…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 15, 2019
A small crowd of between 50-100 people gather at the Glorieta Cuauhtemoc in Tijuana. They…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 11, 2019
Tijuana is a border city located at Mexico’s north-western most point. On the Mexican side…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 11, 2019
I run into Jesus outside the Benito Juarez Sports Arena in Tijuana. I am heading…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 10, 2019
The next day we begin the last leg of the journey to Tijuana. La Rumorosa…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 8, 2019
This is Juan Antonio and his six-year-old daughter Lily who has severe cerebral palsy. She…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 6, 2019
The land surrounding the border town of Mexicali is a tan-coloured desert plain. The outskirts…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 5, 2019
After a very long, tiring journey the Exodus arrived in the city of Guadalajara at…
Mark IsaacsJanuary 5, 2019
Jenni is a 19-year-old from Guatemala travelling to the US with her brother, Christian. She…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2018
Mari is a single mother and has 3 children, one of whom is Javier. Javier…
Mark IsaacsDecember 22, 2018
After spending several days resting in Mexico City, the Exodus - as the migrants call…
Mark IsaacsDecember 15, 2018
After spending over a week in Tijuana, the Exodus decides to march to the border…
Mark IsaacsDecember 5, 2018
While in Mexico City I spoke to two mothers making the journey north with their…
Mark IsaacsDecember 3, 2018
When I first heard of the “migrant caravan” I thought it was a grossly inadequate…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2018
It may be hard for some people to believe they have something in common with…
Mark IsaacsNovember 27, 2018
This is Herman, one of the members from the Migrant Caravan. He has faith that…
Mark IsaacsNovember 26, 2018
After spending over a week in Tijuana, the Exodus decides to march to the border…
Mark IsaacsNovember 26, 2018
Step inside a public assembly at the migrant caravan where the people host an election…
Mark IsaacsNovember 16, 2018
Mexico City welcomes the migrant caravan with open arms. There is a difference between the…
Mark IsaacsNovember 10, 2018
The migrant caravan takes the dangerous route north to Veracruz. The group of Hondurans decide…
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
The caravan moves in the early hours of the day: a seething mass of people.
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
Vincent shares his tragic life story and the reasons why he left Honduras with his…
Mark IsaacsNovember 9, 2018
While following the migrant caravan in Mexico, I joined a group of Hondurans on their…
Mark IsaacsNovember 8, 2018
In October 2018, I set out to find the migrant caravan. These are my updates…
Mark IsaacsNovember 7, 2018