Empowering Rohingya
Through Language, Identity, Heritage, and Education
Preserving and promoting Rohingya identity by celebrating cultural heritage, strengthening linguistic roots, and advancing education to ensure a resilient future for generations to come. Muhammad Noor, a Rohingya visionary and founder of the Rohingya Project, Rohingya Vision, and the Rohingya Language Council, is a leading advocate for social inclusion through technology. With extensive experience in journalism, humanitarian efforts, and corporate leadership, he leverages emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence, and data science to uplift marginalized communities. Noor also mentors students and has given talks on impact of technology on stateless and refugees at different universities around the world.
Media Spotlight
- NHK Japan – Bridging Rohingya Through Digital
- FRM Oxford – Identity or survival? Digitally preserving Rohingya cultural heritage
- Documentary By Swedish Film : Rohingya Resilience: A Story of Hope
- Medium – Meet an inspiring entrepreneur writing a different story for the Rohingya
- The Guardian – Language of the Rohingya to be digitised: ‘It legitimises the struggle’
- The Diplomat – A Digital Nation for the Stateless Rohingya?
- Reuters – Stateless Rohingya to get digital IDs with blockchain
- BBC – Meet the team of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia
- NiemanLab Harvard – RVision, a digital news outlet by and for Rohingya people, aims to shed light on crisis
- AFI – Financial inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs): What is the role of FinTech?
- Reuters – A Rohingya New Year resolution
- Al Jazeera – Why is the world ignoring Myanmar’s Rohingya?
- Al Jazeera – Listening Post | Undercover for RVision Reporting Myanmar’s Rohingya story
- The Language Magazine – Finally, a Rohingya Translation of the Quran
- Impact Hero 2021 – The Finalists!
- VOA – Online TV Channel Gives Voice to Stateless Rohingya
- New York Time – Fear and Forced Marriage
- Tech Wire Asia – Humanitarian group uses blockchain tech to give Rohingya digital ID cards
Noor's Book: Born To Struggle
The Child of Rohingya Refugees and His Inspiring Journey
Highlights:
Born to Struggle is the journey of a young man, born as a refugee to the world’s most persecuted people, the Rohingya. Muhammad Noor’s escape from the limbo of statelessness to chart his own path is a rare untold story of the Rohingya and a testament to the indomitability of the human spirit.
we witness Noor’s battle to receive a basic education, his stay in a hellish detention center and his later contributions to the cause of his people. But amidst the trials, we also hear the heartwarming tales of his forefathers and daily acts of kindness given and received within the community of the Rohingya.
Born to Struggle gives us a special view into the world of a people suffering from the everlasting effects of genocide through the lens of a special Rohingya. It is a story of hope and of finding a way to persevere through life’s worst challenges.
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Noor's Vision:
Statement
To build a future where the Rohingya people thrive with dignity, recognition, and equal opportunity, rooted in a strong sense of identity, a preserved and widely practiced language, and a vibrant cultural heritage that endures across generations and borders. To revitalize the Rohingya language through education, digital innovation, and global collaboration, ensuring it remains a living pillar of community identity. To envision empowered Rohingya youth who have access to education, knowledge, and skills that enable them to lead, innovate, contribute meaningfully to society, and amplify Rohingya voices on the global stage.
Projects Founded
Shaping the Community
Rohingya Vision
Voice for the Voiceless: Exposing Genocidal Crimes and Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya. A crucial source for international media, breaking the information barrier in the restricted Arakan state.
Rohingya Language Council
Focused on language preservation and education through creating resources like libraries and dictionaries, language standards, unified curriculum, and digital adoption.
Rohingya Project
Building Solutions and Platform: to Preserve Rohingya Identity and Culture: Empowering through Cutting-Edge Technology, including Blockchain, Innovative Solutions, and Education.
Rohingya Quran
Connecting Hearts: Translating the Holy Quran into Rohingya Text and Audio-Visual Formats for Worldwide Access, Fostering Spiritual Growth, Community Bonding Connecting to Creator.
Rohingya Genocide Archive
A Rohingya-led initiative to systematically collect visual media evidence of genocidal crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated against the Rohingya.
R-Academy
Online Educational platform which provides tailored courses to empower the Rohingya community with cultural, linguistic, and practical skills, fostering excellence and economic opportunities.
Rohingya Football Club
Rohingya national football team using the magic of football to bring Rohingya youth together for the common goal of creating a harmonious cohesive society and shaping the Identity.