JAFFNA MUSLIMSPreserving what connects usGlobal community archive

A living archive for a global community

Our roots are
still speaking.

A home for the stories, places, and people of the Jaffna Muslim community. Built by us, for the generations who come next.

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The story continues wherever we are.
01 / 04Jaffna, Northern Province
The why

Distance changed
where we live.
Not who we are.

In 1990, our community was scattered across Sri Lanka and the world. What survived was more than memory: it was a commitment to each other.

Jaffna Muslims is a shared record of that endurance, and an invitation to build what comes next together.

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01 / The story so far

Three chapters.
One unbroken thread.

We are collecting the history of a place, the experience of displacement, and the determined work of rebuilding.

Before 1990
01

A life rooted in Jaffna

Markets, schools, mosques, and neighborhoods shaped a close-knit coastal community.

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1990
02

The roads out

A factual, human record of forced displacement and the families who carried their memories onward.

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1991 onward
03

Building again

Through independent effort, families restored homes, worship, commerce, and a sense of belonging.

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02 / The archive

Places hold
the shape of us.

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Landmark / 01
Heritage places

Osmania College

Where generations learned, gathered, and found their way forward.

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03 / Living memories

Every voice
makes room.

Our archive grows when you share what your family remembers. Add a name, a photograph, a sound, a story.

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“
We did not only rebuild houses. We rebuilt the feeling that our children had a place to return to.
FHFathima HameedRecorded in Puttalam, 2024
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