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How three refugee scientists kept their research hopes alive
Two organizations that support at-risk academics offered funding, fellowship and language support at a critical time.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2021 03:30:00 GMT

The Secret Teacher of Al-Hol
For almost a year, a Finnish teacher covertly taught children in the al-Hol refugee camp in Syria using WhatsApp messages. According to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, the Kurdish ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 02 Oct 2021 22:30:00 GMT

Children in Homs inspire their teachers to continue supporting their education journey
and the teachers are kind,? says Majida, who dreams of becoming a doctor when she completes her studies. Nour, who wants to become a cardiologist when she grows up, is passionate about English ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2021 04:33:00 GMT

Refugee students struggle with displacement and trauma. Here are 3 ways schools can help them belong
A recently published book provides strategies for schools to help young people dealing with trauma and forced migration to integrate into their new communities.
Publ.Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2021 12:13:00 GMT

Migrants on new route to Europe get trapped between borders
After enduring a decade of war in Syria, Boshra al-Moallem and her two sisters seized their chance to flee. Her brother, who escaped years earlier to Belgium, had saved enough money for their trip, ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2021 05:05:00 GMT

In immigration debate, hard heads and bleeding hearts don?t align | Commentary
Optimism for the future of immigration must be met with reality, an InsideSources columnist writes: The heart says immigration is good for us and that we are all immigrants, but we have to stop ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2021 02:30:00 GMT

Who are the Wahhabis? What are their beliefs?
Who are the Wahhabis? What are their beliefs? Do you know why they are called infidels? Look at the documents, the original Wahhabis and Ahl al-Hadith are on opposite sides of the same coin. Our unsee ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 05 Oct 2021 23:01:00 GMT

COMMENTARY: Hard heads, bleeding hearts
COMMENTARY: Societal quake shaking U.S. Small stretches of the Mediterranean Sea, which separate Malta, Greece, Italy, and Spain?s Canary Islands from Africa, haven?t deterred migrant crossings. If ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 16 Oct 2021 23:00:00 GMT

Llewellyn King: Heads and bleeding hearts don?t align on immigration
Unfettered immigration is conquest one person at a time ? one ragged child, one desperate mother, one hopeful man. Immigration is destabilizing much of the Middle East, particularly Jordan and Lebanon ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:30:00 GMT

Court says Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas should be dismissed
A federal magistrate judge in Nevada has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo?s lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:02:00 GMT

Commentary: Hard heads and bleeding hearts don\'t align on immigration
Unfettered immigration is conquest one person at a time ? one ragged child, one desperate mother, one hopeful man. Immigration is destabilizing much of the Middle East, particularly Jordan and Lebanon ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:15:00 GMT