SOURCE: UNHCR NEW YORK/CAIRO – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the League of Arab States (LAS) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at establishing a global cooperation framework for an effective response to the needs of refugees in the Arab region and to facilitate better humanitarian access and emergency response. The agreement was … Continued
By: Michaela Schrum/ Contributing Writer The Syrian refugee crisis has been a topic of interest ever since the initial refugee camps in Turkey were set up in 2011. But international coverage picked up significantly in 2013 with the geographic gains of ISIS in the region, as well as military raids conducted by the Assad regime. … Continued
As the president contemplates slashing refugee admission rates, we heard refugees tell their stories at his boyhood Queens residence. Donald Trump’s childhood home looks like every other house in Jamaica Estate, Queens—a small island of suburbia in one of the most diverse counties in America. This summer the man who leases it put it up … Continued
SOURCE: MONDOWEISS BY: AMENA EL-ASHKAR Amena El-Ashkar and Khawla Hammad will speak at more than 30 events across the U.S. and Canada this fall on the North America Nakba Tour. To learn more about the 2017 Nakba Tour, visit nakbatour.com or the North America Nakba Tour Facebook page. Khawla Hammad was 16-years-old when she last lived in Palestine. … Continued
Source: Time By: Rachel Lewis Musicians such as Ed Sheeran, Kate Tempest and Fossils will play small concerts in ordinary peoples’ homes in two hundred cities around the world next month, as part of Amnesty International’s Give a Home concert series. The one-day program, announced the same day as World Refugee Day, takes place on Sept. 20. The collaboration between … Continued
Press release: Arab American Civic Council and Activate Labs The Refugees Welcome Guidebook, a project by the Arab American Civic Council and Activate Labs, was officially released at the Refugees Welcome Ramadan Iftar dinner on Wednesday, June 21. The event, which was attended by more than 170 people including 28 refugees, took place at Olive Tree Restaurant in Anaheim’s … Continued
by Ani Karapetyan/Contributing Writer In February 2017, British musician, Sting, won Swedish Polar Music Prize, and on Monday announced that he donated the one million kronor ($118,000) awarded in prize money to a refugee non-profit. In a statement posted on the organization’s website Sting said “I was deeply honoured to receive this year’s Swedish Polar Music … Continued
All photos Darrow Montgomery By: Laura Hayes Source: Washington City Paper Not much inside Falafel Inc., opening this Saturday in Georgetown, seems particularly remarkable. Like most falafel shops, you can hear the snap and crackle of falafel balls crisping in the fryer, and the smell of warm pita makes you hungrier than before you walked … Continued
Press release: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) In light of today’s Executive Order regarding U.S. refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, underscores that refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection. Commenting on the Executive … Continued
By Evie Blad Education Week The Sesame Workshop hopes the friendly faces of Sesame Street characters will help refugee children navigate the complex social and emotional effects of trauma and displacement. The organization is teaming with the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian organization, to “deliver transformative early learning and social-emotional support to millions of … Continued
Press release: Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC) The Arab American and Chaldean Council (ACC), a premier nonprofit human service organization serving southeast Michigan, participated in an interview with CNN anchor and correspondent Victor Blackwell to cover the Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences-based research study “Risk and Resilience … Continued
Migration, #1 Courtesy of Helen Zughaib by MARINA N. BOLOTNIKOVA Harvard Magazine DURING A LECTURE this week at Harvard’s Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS), Helen Zughaib recalled being asked by the State Department for a painting. Then-Secretary of State John Kerry was about to enter a new round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; could she … Continued
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