Blog Posts
The Story of a Truck Driver’s Son: A Constant Struggle of Rebuilding
July 15th, 2019 / ARCS StaffI came to Lebanon in the summer of 1990 to hide from my friends and neighbors in my hometown of Aleppo. I believed I did well on my Baccalaureate exams, but I was afraid of disappointing… Read more
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A TPS Update from Monzer
July 2, 2019 / ARCS StaffMonzer Shakally is a dental student who came to the US 6 years ago. Last year, Monzer shared his incredible
journey with us, and we caught up with him recently to see how things are going.
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The Stories Behind Syrian TPS
October 11, 2018 / Madelyn ColesOn the last day of last January, the Trump administration announced an 18-month extension of the temporary permission that granted some Syrians to stay in the United…
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Gratitude in Action: Syrian-Americans pay back the American town that embraced them
June 27, 2018 / Madelyn Coles
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Ahmad: ‘We all feel discriminated against by the government’
January 25, 2018 / Coco McCabeIt has been five long years since Ahmad, his sister, and their parents were all together as a family back in Damascus, Syria…
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Monzer: ‘I’ve always wanted democracy’
January 23, 2018 / Coco McCabeHe goes by Moe, his favorite character from The Simpsons. And it’s thanks to them--along with a hearty diet of American movies, shows, and video games--that Monzer’…
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Syrian-American Organizations Advocate for Refugee Education
December 1, 2017 / Haleluya HaderoWashington D.C. -- On October 25th, Syrian-American organizations, and members of the American Relief…
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ARCS Advocacy Day 2017
October 31, 2017 / ARCS StaffOn October 25th, ARCS members from across the country came to Washington, D.C. to meet with their representatives and advocate on issues that have the most impact on their work. They spoke the importance and…
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My Year at ARCS
August 30, 2017 / Haleluya HaderoThis May, I concluded my full academic year internship with the American Relief Coalition for Syria; serving as the Communications/Advocacy/Marketing Intern during the Fall 2016 semester, and continuing on as the Senior Communications…
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Syrians Go Way Back
July 14, 2017 / Omneya MohamedThe first Arabs immigrated to the United States in the 1880s. Most of them came from Greater Syria, which is present-day Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Typically, immigrants made the journey to escape economic…
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World Refugee Day 2017
June 19, 2017 / Omneya MohamedThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1951, during the Second World War. The purpose of its creation was to help millions of Europeans who fled their countries and left everything behind. …
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A Syrian Tailor Finds a Home in Chicago
March 27, 2017 / Haleluya HaderoAhmad Al Atrash does not like to be called a refugee. To him, a Syrian who fled a brutal civil war in his country, that word is loaded with negative connotations, and…
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Six years after start of the crisis, there is no escape for Syrians seeking safety
March 15, 2017 / Oxfam AmericaPresident Trump’s ban on…