Ro Yassin Abdumonab

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A comprehensive list of my published work in photography, videography, and stringer contributions for national and international media outlets.

2026

Netra. Two Rohingya women and the sea

Guernic. A Month Inside the World’s Largest Refugee Camp

Reuters. Rohingya survivor recounts ordeal as 250 missing in Andaman sea tragedy

Reuters. Yassin Abdumonab’s work for Reuters as stringer
Rohingya survivor recounts ordeal as 250 missing in Andaman sea tragedy

Yassin Abdumonab’s work for Al Jazeera English as stringer. More than 280 Rohingya and Bangladeshis missing and feared dead trying to reach Malaysia

Rohingya women embark on sea voyage in hope of freedom

2025

Read the latest piece for The Guardian by Ro Yassin Abdumonab and Kaamil Ahmed

The Guardian.  A generation lost at sea’: the desperate Rohingya falling prey to traffickers as they flee Bangladesh

Rohingya survivor seeks justice for family killed in Myanmar massacre

 

Humans Vs Hungry Elephants: How Farmers Protect Their Land, Crops | The Freedom Corridor – Part 1/2

 

Fighting Over Forests: Trapped Elephants Enter Farms, Refugee Camp | The Freedom Corridor – Part 2/2

Human trafficking in Bangladesh: Smugglers target Rohingya refugees fleeing camps

Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar face hunger as aid cuts deepen

পৃথিবীর পাঠশালায় রোহিঙ্গা তরুণেরা

Rohingya survivors accuse Arakan Army of mass killings in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Rohingya mass graves found in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, survivors demand justice

Talk to Al Jazeera. Rohingya refugee artists fighting to keep their story alive

BBC. United Nations to halve food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh​

What is Peace Photography? Online panel discussion, Kings College London

CNA. The Freedom Corridor​

Reuters. Exclusive: UN plans to halve rations to Rohingya refugees without urgent funding

New Humanitarian. For Myanmar’s war victims and Rohingya refugees, US aid cuts are disastrous​

Reuters. Non-profits ask judge to hold US officials in contempt for defying foreign aid order​

Norwegian Refugee Council. Ro Yassin Abdumonab​​

New Internationalist. Surviving a massacre in Myanmar​

Frankfurter Rundschau. The burden of the Rohingya​​​​

MR | Traveller. Ro Yassin Abdumonab, The Light of Returning Home

The Last Sweet Bite

Frozen funds: why Europe will struggle to fill USAID gap

COX’s Bazar: Verdens største flygtningelejr er fyldt med underernærede børn

Cox’s Bazar Life. Unique Dialogue with Content Creators Held at Rohingya Refugee Camp

The United Nations at 80

2024

Al Jazeera English. Rohingya flee Myanmar: Bangladesh says influx is destabilising the region

Al Jazeera English. Rohingya refugee crisis: Children face uncertain future as conditions worsen

BBC News. Survivors’ tales of a massacre in Myanmar

Al Jazeera English. Rohingya caught in Myanmar conflict as they await crossing to Bangladesh amid deadly drone strikes

Al Jazeera. Rohingya flee to Bangladesh amid conflict and forced conscription by Myanmar military and rebels

Al Jazeera. Young Rohingya men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine

ZDF. Life in a mass refugee camp: the suffering of Rohingya women

Al Jazeera. Abductions in Myanmar: Rohingya Muslims forced to fight for army

Victim Advocates International. Our Rohingya Members

BBC. ‘My family died in front of my eyes’: Harrowing tales from a Myanmar massacre

Pivot Quebec: Rohingya: the survival of a language in exile

BBC. Jersey exhibition to show life in the Rohingya refugee camp

Muslim Views. Rohingya youth photographers capture the lived experience in the world’s largest refugee camp

Curtin University Sarawak. The photographic social experience of Rohingya youngsters of Cox’s Bazar: an interview with Ro Yassin Abdumonab

MSF. Sharing the Rohingya story in photos​

Reuters. Fire leaves nearly 7,000 Rohingya homeless in Bangladesh camp

The Contrapuntal. Political Witch-Hunt Worsen Rohingya Torment in India

2023

Al Jazeera. Will the UN’s plea to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh be answered?

Aljazeera: Myanmar military’s visit to Cox’s Bazar refugee camp raises doubt

BBC. What future for Anwar – the Rohingya refugee lucky to survive?

Al Jazeera. Thousands of Rohingya refugees displaced in Bangladesh floods, landslides

Al Jazeera. What is life like inside the world’s biggest refugee camp?

The New Humanitarian. Flipping the Narrative: What food ration cuts mean for Rohingya refugee

deKanttekening. Islamic Rohingyas are nowhere safe

The Observers. Refugee photographers fight to raise awareness about plight of Rohingya in Bangladesh

BBC. Fire rips through Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

The Observers. Thousands of Rohingya left homeless after yet another fire breaks out in Bangladesh refugee camp

The Daily Star. Ukhiya Rohingya camp fire: Official death toll 11

Reuters. Devastating’ fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills 15, leaves 400 missing – UN

Vientiane Times. Ukhiya Rohingya Camp: Massive fire razes homes

Today Online. Fire destroys homes Cox’s Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh

US News. Fire Destroys Homes Cox’s Bazar Refugee Camp in Bangladesh

Art for Peace. Insecurity, Risk and Resilience: The Contributions and Challenges of Refugee-led Initiatives in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh

Media Practice and Education, Taylor & Francis. Digital Arts – Refugee Engagement (DA-RE)

Zita TV

2022

BBC. Rohingya refugees: ‘Kill us, but don’t deport us to Myanmar’

The Guardian. ‘This is our documentary of the crisis we face’: the Rohingya smartphone photographers

Canada Today. Canada’s Rohingya fear world has forgotten the refugee crisis 5 years after the Myanmar genocide

2021

BBC. Hundreds missing after devastating fire in world’s biggest refugee camp

Al Jazeera. Bangladesh probes deadly fire at Rohingya camp, 400 missing

Reuters. Aid workers struggle to reunite Rohingya children separated by deadly fire

Go Humanity. Fire devastates enormous Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

ABC. Rohingya camp fire death toll rises to 15, with 400 still missing in Bangladesh

Literary Hub. On Genocide in Myanmar and the Loss of Rohingya Foodways

The Observers. ‘In every camp there’s a disaster’: Monsoon rains in Bangladesh worsen conditions for the Rohingya

The Business Standard. Aid workers struggle to reunite Rohingya children separated by deadly fire

NRC. NGO’s urge global community to support Rohingya refugees

The Fiji Times. Devastating fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh kills 15, leaves 400 missing – U.N.

Hindustan Times. 15 dead, 400 missing after fire in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya refugee camp

The Daily Star. Ukhiya Rohingya camp fire: Official death toll 11

The New Humanitarian. Rohingya camp fire: Barbed-wire fences blocked escape, witnesses say

Vice. Rohingya Refugees Describe Tearing Through Fences to Escape Massive Fire

Amnesty International. We wish to overcome the decades of marginalization that brought us here

Jowhar. Monsoon Rains In Bangladesh Worsen Conditions For Rohingya People

Oxford Brookes University. The Next Generation – Young Rohingya Refugees exhibition

US Campaign for Burma. Voice of a Rohingya

Nanummunhwa

2020

Al Jazeera. Inside the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

The New York Times. Cyclone Amphan Slams India and Bangladesh

The Diplomat. The Rohingyas and the Elephants: How Humans and Nature Collide in Refugee Camps

The Telegraph. ‘Many people died in front of me’: hundreds of Rohingya stranded on refugee boats in Bay of Bengal

Australian Institute of International Affairs. Three Years Too Long: The Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh

PBS. Amid pandemic, cyclone forces millions in India and Bangladesh to flee

The Asia Foundation. Navigating at the margins: Family, Mobility and Livelihoods amongst Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Voices Without Borders. Ro Yassin Abdumonab’s Story

UNHCR Asia Pacific. Amid coronavirus, a Rohingya refugee reflects on camp life under lockdown

Green Left. Bangladesh: Rohingyas locked down at world’s largest refugee camp

2019

The Washington Post. Rohingya refugees, cut off from the world, got to briefly watch Myanmar’s rulers go to trial

The Globe & Mail. Forced to flee again: Labelled ‘illegal migrants’ in India, Rohingya seek refuge in Bangladesh camps

2017

Asia University for Women. Without Internet, We Have No Existence: Rohingya Refugee Representation on Social Media.