Syria

Journal Entries from the Field: Meeting Syrian Refugees with IRUSA

·February 22, 2019
·Chancey Gannett

"Syrians continued to be the largest forcibly displaced population in the world, with 12 million people at the end of 2016. That’s more than half of the Syrian population." Source: UNHCR Last month, I traveled with Islamic Relief USA to Turkey,…

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Eastern Ghouta Emergency - Islamic Relief USA

IR Delivering Aid in Eastern Ghouta: “Until our very last breath”

·February 27, 2018
·Chancey Gannett

We received an update from IR staff on the ground delivering aid in Eastern Ghouta. Read the latest account below, or check out the video linked in this post. We are in Eastern Ghouta. The date is February 25, 2018.…

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Ramadan: 30 Faces, 30 Places

·June 30, 2016
·Chancey Gannett

Islamic Relief USA is delivering food packages to 30 countries in the world this Ramadan. We wanted to capture what Ramadan feels like in each of those countries, so we talked to 30 people living in the United States about their…

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Jolie, Kerry Shine Spotlight on Humanity on World Refugee Day

·June 24, 2016
·Chancey Gannett

Secretary of State John Kerry and movie star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie visit a Virginia mosque on World Refugee Day. When Linda immigrated to the United States from Kosovo as a refugee in the 1990s, her family was treated almost…

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Remembering Refugees: A Voice from Syria

·June 20, 2016
·Chancey Gannett

Last year, 845,000 refugees made a treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of reaching Europe. Over 3,500 men, women and children died. On World Refugee Day, we remember their losses, we commemorate their strength, and we do what is in our power to help. On the…

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What Will Happen to the Children?

·May 18, 2016
·Guest Contributor

by Christina Tobias-Nahi, Director of Public Affairs at IRUSA I have just come back from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey with an inter-agency interfaith team tasked with looking at child protection and welfare issues of emerging concern in the region. Even…

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Dear Aleppo…

·May 3, 2016
·Guest Contributor

IRUSA’s Mayssoun Olabi is from Aleppo, Syria. In the aftermath of the recent attacks, she shares a reflection. Today I woke up with a heavy heart. My usual, happy disposition was muted by images that played over in my head,…

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When Smugglers Abandon Refugee Boats At Sea

·October 19, 2015
·Guest Contributor

Abdullah Shawky is an Islamic Relief USA Disaster Response Team Member. This is part of the emergency story series from Greece. Salam All, I wanted to share with you all a story of a terrible tragedy that occurred the day…

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When I Pulled A Baby From A Sinking Raft in Greece

·October 15, 2015
·Guest Contributor

Abdullah Shawky is an Islamic Relief USA Disaster Response Team Member. He writes from the shores of Lesvos, Greece, where responders try to rescue as many refugees from ocean waters as possible—not all make it. Here is his heart-wrenching story: You don’t…

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Journal Entries from the Field: Meeting Syrian Refugees with IRUSA

IR Delivering Aid in Eastern Ghouta: “Until our very last breath”

Ramadan: 30 Faces, 30 Places

Jolie, Kerry Shine Spotlight on Humanity on World Refugee Day

Remembering Refugees: A Voice from Syria

What Will Happen to the Children?

Dear Aleppo…

When Smugglers Abandon Refugee Boats At Sea

When I Pulled A Baby From A Sinking Raft in Greece

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