SOURCE: LOBE LOG BY: GARETH SMYTH After a cold winter, spring has arrived with vigor in Lebanon, coating the mountains with the red, yellow, and blue of anemones, daisies, and lupines. Down on the coastal plain, garden centers enjoy a brisk business, with many Syrians entering the trade. Some Syrian refugees in Lebanon are doing … Continued
SOURCE: LAWFARE BY: MAIRA SEELEY Editor’s Note: Programs to counter violent extremism (CVE) are often focused on established communities in the United States, Europe, and the Muslim world. However, refugees are among the most at-risk communities, often trapped in a world of violence and despair. Maira Seeley of Princeton University examines the risk of radicalization … Continued
SOURCE: RELIEFWEB EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Seven years into the Syrian crisis and with almost a million Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon, a country of six million inhabitants, questions abound: ‘how are the relationships between host communities and refugees evolving?’, ‘what are the needs on the ground?’ and ‘how do Lebanese and Syrians see the future?’. To … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: FARAH NAJJAR Bekaa Valley, Lebanon – Syrian refugees in Lebanon are enduring yet another heavy storm, bringing more rains and snowfall to the camps in the country’s eastern and northern regions. Warnings of the winter storm have pushed refugees in Ghazze, a town in the Bekaa Valley, to take precautions against the floods, days after … Continued
SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW In Lebanon, a blanket of snow has fallen on makeshift camps for Syrian refugees, compounding the misery of thousands of people whose tents flooded with rainwater during intense winter storms over the weekend. The U.N. says flooding affected over 10,000 refugees across Lebanon, with a further 70,000 Syrians at risk. The storms … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: RAZINA ALI After months of negotiations, a convoy of sixty-seven aid trucks recently crossed a stretch of desert in southern Syria controlled by the Syrian government and its Iranian allies, before entering territory administered by a small, U.S.-backed rebel group. The trucks carried food, medicine, and winter coats for a … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: RUARIRI CASEY Oxford, United Kingdom – Leaning in closely over a brass sphere the size of a clenched fist, Hussein Kara Ahmed explains to his audience the mechanical workings of the world’s only complete surviving spherical astrolabe, created by a 15th-century Islamic craftsman named Musa. A Syrian refugee who fled deadly violence … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: DAVID BATTY When Mariam Karah Ahmad saw the embroidered red, coral, gold and black Syrian dress in the Pitt Rivers Museum, the anthropological treasure house run by Oxford University, it brought back memories of the life she had left behind as a refugee. Hearing that the dress was probably worn by … Continued
SOURCE: HARTFORD COURANT The Unitarian Universalist Society: East (UUS:E) will host two events that showcase the struggle of Syrian refugees through art. On Sunday, October 28, 2018, 6-8 p.m. there will be an artist’s reception, talk back, and celebration in the UUS:E meeting room. The focus will be twofold: an artist’s reception for “Adeebah; My … Continued
SOURCE: ALJAZEERA BY: ZEINA KHODR Syrian refugees in Lebanon have started to return to their homes in Syria voluntarily. Their numbers are insignificant, a few hundred of the one million registered by the United Nations in the country. Some Lebanese officials are pushing for speedy returns, but the UN and human rights groups say conditions … Continued
SOURCE: NBC BEIRUT — The Syrian government on Tuesday called on refugees to return, saying it has successfully cleared large areas of “terrorists.” The rare appeal reflects the government’s growing confidence after more than seven years of war. While officials usually appeal to Syrians abroad to return during television appearances and interviews, this is the … Continued
Syrian Migration Series, #7 by Helen Zughaib, 2017 © By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer April is National Arab American Heritage Month. It’s this wonderful time of the year when joy and optimism become contagious. While flowers are blooming and birds are returning to their homes, we are reminded of one other spring which started … Continued
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