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Under-secretary-general For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos Statement On Syria
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Under-secretary-general For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos Security Council Briefing On Syria
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Under-secretary-general For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos Security Council Briefing On Syria
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Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh Session Agenda Item 4 Human Rights Situations That Require The Council’s Attention Selected Testimonies From Victims Of The Syrian Conflict
No full textHuman Rights Council Twenty-seventh Session Agenda Item 4 Human Rights Situations That Require The Council’s Attention Selected Testimonies From Victims Of The Syrian Conflic
Report Of The Independent International Commission Of Inquiry On The Syrian Arab Republic
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Marie Basily Assaad Oral History
No full textMarie Basily Assaad (1922-2019) was a renowned activist for community development and women’s rights in Egypt, and a leader in interreligious affairs, and was an undergraduate alumna of the American University in Cairo (BAs in 1944 and 1946), an anthropology Master’s degree recipient, and a Social Research Center staff member. She recounts growing up in the middle class Cairo neighborhood of Fagalla, noting her family’s Coptic Orthodox Christians faith and its interaction with other religious traditions. Basily Assaad discusses her education (and that of her sisters), including attending Catholic and public schools, and the American College for Girls. She tells of coming to attend AUC as a female “coed” undergraduate student, her pursuit of dual Bachelor’s degrees in social sciences and psychology. A portrait of the social life of AUC students and various classmates and faculty members is provided. She also outlines her participation in the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) and volunteer charitable activities during her youth, and work with the YWCA in Geneva, Switzerland and later volunteering with it in Egypt. After marriage and a period spent raising her children, Basily Assaad studied for a Master’s degree in anthropology at AUC, and describes her professors and her field research. She sketches out her work with AUC’s Social Research Center from 1969 to 1980, and her research on family planning centers in Egypt, done in conjunction with her lifelong friend Aziza Hussein. Basily Assaad explains how she became a deputy to the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches in the 1980s. Her work to combat female genital mutilation in Egypt, involvement in the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, and role (and that of others) in efforts to improve conditions for the zabbaleen garbage collector community in Moqattam (with related environmental initiatives), are addressed in detail. She also offers her observations on Egypt’s post-2011 political future
20140424 interview
No full text######, a 23 year old graduate student and AUC alumna, relates her experience of the revolution in Egypt from 2011 and beyond. ###### speaks of taking part in the 18 days of demonstrations in Tahrir Square, using particular banners as meeting points to join with friends. She describes aspects of the services at the Tahrir Square demonstrations, participation of AUC community members, and reports incidents of violence she observed. ###### compares these initial demonstrations with and later Friday protests against the army the Muslim Brotherhood in which she participated. She recalls how security conditions differed from one area to another, describing the situation where she lived in Agouza and her brother’s participation in a neighborhood popular committee (ligan sha'biyya) in Mohandiseen. Differences in opinion were brought out by the revolution, according to ######, giving the example of her best friend who was outside of Egypt and who was adamantly against the protests. She admits her misgivings about the parliamentary elections and constitutional referendum, and offers her observations on Egypt’s political system and the difficulty of and long time required for reforming the country’s institutions like the military and police.The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution project was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Report Of The Independent International Commission Of Inquiry On The Syrian Arab Republic
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