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State Department release Joint Statement on crisis in Syria by government leaders

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 rayhanania 1 Comment

State Department release Joint Statement on crisis in Syria by government leaders Representatives of the Arab League, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States met August 30-31 at the envoy level  in Geneva to discuss the crisis in Syria. Read their statement regarding conflict in…

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New report on Christians in Iraq shows desperate situation and needs

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 rayhanania No Comments

New report on Christians in Iraq shows desperate situation and needs The American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East (American FRRME) published its 2020/21 Impact Report on Monday June 20, 2022 on supporting the ongoing needs of Iraqis – primarily Christian Iraqis – who fled Iraq and Kurdistan during the ISIS insurgency…

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AHRC Observes World Refugee Day

June 20, 2022August 24, 2022 News Editor News Editor No Comments

AHRC Observes World Refugee Day The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) joins the global community in observing and recognizing the World Refugee Day that falls annually on June 20. This day was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001. During this day, the world utilizes this occasion to advance awareness and collaboration efforts…

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Project DYNAMO rescues more than 600 people from Mariupol, Ukraine over the last week

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 rayhanania No Comments

Project DYNAMO rescues more than 600 people from Mariupol, Ukraine over the last week Major Mariupol rescue operation conducted by Project DYNAMO, more than 480 people from Mariupol as city under violent siege falling to Russian forces. MARIUPOL, Ukraine – Over the last few days, more than 480 people, including pregnant women, children and infants,…

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Ukraine conflict gives Palestinians chance to redefine their conflict

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 rayhanania No Comments

Ukraine conflict gives Palestinians chance to redefine their conflict By Ray Hanania #RussianInvasion of #Ukraine has given #Palestinians an opportunity to confront #Israel’s lies and #propaganda, but it requires a steady focus to develop an effective #publicrelationsstrategy. It should start by focusing on the #Americanpublic, which has shown gut-wrenching revulsion and extreme outrage to issues…

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Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff

March 3, 2022 rayhanania No Comments

Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Announces New Outreach Manager and Other Staff Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) welcomes several new staff including: Jennifer Maidrand as the Outreach Manager, Rev. Aune M. Carlson as the Director of Operations, and Michael Robinson as the Financial Manager. As the Outreach Manager, Jennifer will work with CMEP’s…

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The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more

July 14, 2021August 10, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

The fate of Lifta portends the future of Ramallah and Bethlehem and more The tragic fate of the village of #Lifta, #Palestine. @ArabNews Every Palestinian knows the story of Lifta, a small village on a hillside near the city of Jerusalem. During its war to conquer Palestinian-majority areas of Palestine in 1947 and 1948, Israel…

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Muslim Americans criticize Biden’s excuses on Chinese aggression against Uyghur women

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 rayhanania No Comments

Muslim Americans criticize Biden’s excuses on Chinese aggression against Uyghur women We demand President Biden apologize to the victims of China’s aggression, the victims of genocide, the countless Uyghur and other Turkic women who are systematically raped and sterilized, and the countless Turkistanis who are killed for their organs. If President Biden has any moral decency and is faithful to his…

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New Book: Empower a Refugee: Peace of Thread & the Backyard Humanity Movement

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 rayhanania 1 Comment

New Book: Empower a Refugee: Peace of Thread & the Backyard Humanity Movement Refugees who have fled famine and violence and resettled in the US too often are isolated, disconnected, living in despair. They typically have housing, food, clothing. Yet they miss the large inter-connected families, the all-embracing social fabric of their previous homes. They yearn…

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Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Good Shepherd Collective needs your help to fight Annexation, Demolitions, and more URGENT CALL-TO-ACTION. Webinar Sept. 5 addresses how Jewish National Fund engaged in the displacement of Palestinians from their homes and the confiscation of their lands. With all eyes on the United States’ presidential election, the Israeli settler movement has been inciting violence, ransacking Palestinian…

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Zakat Foundation Launches Muslim Philanthropy Graduate Institute

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 rayhanania 1 Comment

Zakat Foundation Launches Muslim Philanthropy Graduate Institute Offers humanitarian studies fall fellowship with Indiana University Zakat Foundation of America has announced the creation of the Zakat Foundation Institute, an independent nonprofit graduate school aiming to professionalize Muslim charitable work and award masters degrees in humanitarian and development studies to candidates from the Islamic philanthropic sector….

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Refugee group expresses concerns for rising need in Syria

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Refugee group expresses concerns for rising need in Syria The American Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East (FRRME), the American branch of a worldwide refugee relief charity, anticipates a huge wave of Syrian refugees in the near future, as food shortages strike Syria. With a severe bread shortage caused by many bakeries…

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AHRC applauds House passage of No Ban Act

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

AHRC applauds House passage of No Ban Act AHRC Welcomes the Symbolism of the Passage of the House’s No Ban Act, Urges More Sustained Immigration Advocacy for Real Change: The American Human rights Council (AHRC-USA) welcomes the US House of Representatives’ passage of the No Ban Act- H.R. 2486. President Trump claimed that the Congress…

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Response to COVID-19 in Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp

April 22, 2020 rayhanania No Comments

Response to COVID-19 in Wavel Palestinian Refugee Camp Anera is beginning a multi-faceted response to COVID-19 in Wavel camp for Palestinian refugees in Baalbeck, Lebanon. A Palestinian refugee who fled the Syrian civil war, and who lives near the camp, tested positive for the virus today. She traveled in and out of the camp often,…

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Increasingly Questionable US military presence in the Middle East

February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Ghassan Rubeiz 1 Comment

Increasingly Questionable US military presence in the Middle East By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz The expanding US military presence in the Mideast reveals a number of central problems. The threats of ISIS lie dormant. The new discoveries of vast fields of natural gas and oil in the Mediterranean Levant basin (and elsewhere) are temptations for state…

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UNRWA USA partners in Run with Right to Movement Palestine to raise funds

September 24, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

UNRWA USA partners in Run with Right to Movement Palestine to raise funds UNRWA USA is partnering with Right to Movement Palestine to bring a group of runners and refugees from Palestine to relay run 250 miles down the East Coast, from New York to DC, in just five days, to deliver a message that…

Middle East, News, Palestine & Jordan, refugees

Syrian refugees must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22 to keep status

September 23, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Syrian refugees must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22 to keep status U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that current beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through March 31, 2021, must re-register between Sept. 23 and Nov. 22, 2019. Re-registration procedures, including how…

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Hundreds of thousands remain missing in Iraq after decades of war, violence

August 30, 2019 rayhanania No Comments

Hundreds of thousands remain missing in Iraq after decades of war, violence The families of hundreds of thousands of missing Iraqis marked the International Day of the Disappeared on Friday, as the office of Iraq’s Prime Minister pledged to support relatives and investigate cases, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (August 30,…

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