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COVID-19: Meet the Syrian doctor who left hospital bombings behind in Aleppo for the UK\'s coronavirus frontline
In the midst of gunfire and airstrikes that rained across the Syrian city of Aleppo, a young final-year medical student trained how to treat war injuries.
Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2021 09:49:00 GMT

Teenager who fled Syria for Liverpool told to \'speak English\' by bullies at school
However, determined to teach others about what she?d been through in Syria and why her family was ... Diana, now 19 and living in Speke, is fluent in English and dreams of being a doctor after ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 20 Mar 2021 22:11:00 GMT

Steven Heighton?s Selected Poems: A remarkable moment in a remarkable career
Steven Heighton is a good poet who works this seeming magic quite often. Heighton will turn 60 this summer. His first published poems appeared in the early 1980s. He has won many awards, including the ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 18 Apr 2021 03:00:00 GMT

Disabled Syrian children in Jordan: Exclusion from education exacerbates the difficulties of asylum
Women gather to drink morning coffee at an apartment in a housing complex with a beautiful view of the northern Abu Nseir area, a suburb of the Jordanian capital Amman. It is a seemingly  ordinary and ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:13:00 GMT

Landmine charity Halo Trust quits Syria after cut in aid budget
A British charity clearing landmines and explosive devices is to end its operations in Syria after its funding was cut when the UK left the European Union.The Halo Trust, which became well known in ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:01:00 GMT

Drill-rapping jihadi who plotted to use gladiator sword bought with his benefits to commit lockdown terror attack just weeks after his release from prison is jailed for life
Jobless Sahayb Abu, 27, from London, bought an 18-inch sword, a knife, balaclavas and body armour online as he prepared to strike last summer.
Publ.Date : Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:31:00 GMT

Share their views or remain neutral? The difficulties of navigating politics for teachers
It was near the end of Westridge?s Modern Middle East class when some students began clicking the leave button to exit the Teams meeting. They had just finished watching a movie and were about to head ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 15 Apr 2021 05:00:00 GMT

Chinese envoy proposes comprehensive solutions to Syrian issue
Hadi Ghusoun, a retired English teacher in his late 60s, stands on the porch of his shattered house in Homs city in central Syria, March 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani) Ceasefire and cessation of ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:40:00 GMT

Despite ?unspeakable tragedies,? human rights defender draws hope
Alex Neve has seen first-hand the effects of mass atrocities in Darfur, South Sudan and the Rohingya crisis, but he has also seen incredible courage and persistence of people who have stood against ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:52:00 GMT

Displaced Iraqis return to Sinjar due to ?renewed? security despite govt failures
Displaced people who fled Sinjar in northern Iraq are returning because of a ?renewed sense of security,? one resident told Al Arabiya, despite the Iraqi ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:02:00 GMT