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Sameer: "As Thousands asked for their rights, we felt a sense of community and belonging we never felt before"
August 9th, 2019 / ARCS StaffSameer, a pseudonym, is considered an “emerging leader” among the 7,000 Syrian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders in the United States today. In the last… Read more
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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…
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Statement on Safe Zones in Syria
March 13, 2017 /In January, President Trump announced his support for the creation of safe zones in Syria. Which, if planned and executed properly, can protect civilian populations from the crossfire.
In light of current discussions surrounding…
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How You Can Help Provide Warmth to Syrian Refugees This Winter
November 24, 2016 / Haleluya HaderoThe family is sitting around the dinner table, the tree is about to be decorated, and the U.S. is…
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Humanitarian Groups Express Serious Concern over Aleppo
September 23, 2016 / ARCS Staff(Washington, D.C.) - Aleppo entered a new level of despair said a coalition of aid groups on Friday. Last night, over 50…
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Humanitarian Groups Express Concern over Delay in Passing Syrian Civilian Protection Bill
September 21, 2016 / ARCS Staff… - Blog Post
HUMANITARIAN GROUPS LAUD NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY ON WHITE HELMETS AS A CALL TO ACTION TO SUPPORT SYRIAN AID WORKERS U.S.-based charities proud to support the heroic efforts of Syria’s first responders
September 20, 2016 /HUMANITARIAN GROUPS LAUD NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY ON WHITE HELMETS AS A CALL TO ACTION TO SUPPORT SYRIAN AID WORKERS
U.S.-based charities proud to support the heroic…
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Syrian Humanitarian Groups Available to Comment on Relief Efforts During Cease-Fire U.S.-based aid organizations frustrated by delays in delivering aid to besieged civilians
September 20, 2016 /(Washington, D.C.) September 16, 2016 – Commenting on reports of limited secure access in to Aleppo for humanitarian aid shipments and aid convoys, Lena Arkawi, spokesperson for the American Relief…