A digital museum of Rohingya history

The story of a people, told with dignity.

For more than a millennium the Rohingya have lived on the coast of Arakan. Walk through their history, meet their living communities on every continent, and help write the next chapter.

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Worldwide population

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Est. 2024

Stateless since

1982

Burma Citizenship Law

Arakan · Bangladesh · Diaspora in worldwide

Educate

Clear, sourced explanations of more than a thousand years of Rohingya history.

Preserve

Language, oral history, traditions, and faith — kept alive in one place.

Amplify

Voices from inside Arakan, the camps of Cox's Bazar, and the global diaspora.

Aftermath of a landslide at a Rohingya refugee camp during the 2026 monsoon

Emergency appeal · Live

Monsoon 2026: landslides & floods in Cox's Bazar.

Days of relentless rain have collapsed hillside shelters and flooded whole sub-camps. Thousands of Rohingya families are outside — no home, no dry clothes, no clean water. Every dollar you give right now buys tarpaulins, food packs, and clean water for a family tonight.

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Shelters damaged

Camps affected

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By the numbers

A community defined by resilience

Statistics drawn from UNHCR, OHCHR, and IOM. Numbers change; the story behind them does not.

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Rohingya worldwide

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world largest camps in Bangladesh living in cox's bazar camp and bhasan chor

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A THOUSAND YEARS STILL ONGOING

The Rohingya story, in fragments

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The Rohingya have lived in Arakan for more than a thousand years — long before modern Myanmar existed.

Origins · 7th century

The Mrauk-U kingdom (1430–1784) was a multi-faith Arakanese power where Muslim and Buddhist courtiers served side by side.

Mrauk-U Kingdom

The 1982 Citizenship Law stripped the Rohingya of nationality — making them the world's largest stateless people.

1982 Citizenship Law

In August 2017, military clearance operations forced more than 750,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh in a matter of weeks.

2016–2017 Genocide · UN IIMM

Cox's Bazar hosts the largest refugee settlement on Earth — over 1.6 million Rohingya across 34+ camps.

Refugee Camps · UNHCR

"Statelessness is not the absence of a country. It is the absence of recognition."

Human-rights advocate

Rohingya — written in its own Hanifi script since 1980 — is listed as one of the world's most endangered languages.

Culture · UNESCO

Today the Rohingya live on every inhabited continent. The story is not over — it is being written.

The Rohingya Today

Rohingya, worldwide

Where the community lives today

The Rohingya are one of the world's most persecuted peoples. Forced from their homeland in Myanmar by decades of violence, citizenship denial, and repeated military operations, most now live as refugees or stateless diaspora across South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and the West. Each pin marks a community shaped by displacement — families who rebuilt lives in camps, cities, and foreign countries while still carrying the memory of home.

Satellite view of Asia showing Rohingya community locations

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Bangladesh

Estimated population~1,570,000

Hosts the world's largest refugee settlement at Cox's Bazar since the 2017 exodus.

CommunityKutupalong, Balukhali, 34+ camps in Cox's Bazar, and Bhasan Char.

Rohingya communities

Largest populations (Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia)

Other diaspora countries

Historical timeline

Thousand years, nobody talking about in this moments

Ancient Arakan

7th – 14th c.

Coastal beginnings

Muslim merchants, sailors, and settlers integrate with Arakanese society along the Bay of Bengal.

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Mrauk-U

1430 – 1784

The Mrauk-U Kingdom

A cosmopolitan Buddhist–Muslim kingdom where Rohingya ancestors hold court positions and trade across Asia.

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Burmese conquest

1784

Arakan falls

The Konbaung dynasty annexes Arakan; mass displacement begins.

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Colonial

1826 – 1948

Under British rule

Arakan becomes part of British Burma. Rohingya labour and migration are reshaped by empire.

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Independence

1948

Burma independent

Brief recognition: Rohingya serve in parliament and government.

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Citizenship erased

1982

The Citizenship Law

Rohingya are excluded from the list of 'national races' — rendered stateless overnight.

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Operations

1978 / 1991

Mass expulsions

Operations Naga Min and Pyi Thaya drive hundreds of thousands into Bangladesh.

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Genocide

2016 – 2017

Clearance operations

Burning villages, sexual violence, mass killings. 700,000+ flee to Cox's Bazar.

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Justice

2019 →

ICJ & ICC cases

Genocide proceedings opened at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

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Today

Present

A global community

A people scattered across Asia, the Gulf, Europe, North America, Oceania — still without a homeland.

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RFund · Rohingya Fund

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