June 10, 2010
| Tat Maxwell
| Tagged as: Middle East, About RI
Far from the traditional halls of power, Refugees International hosted our 7th annual Jackson Hole Circle event last week at the Shooting Star Ranch in Jackson, Wyoming; our most successful circle event of all time. Her Majesty Queen Noor headlined a compelling program that also featured RI Senior Advocate Elizabeth Campbell and our board chair Eileen Shields-West as the master of ceremonies.
June 08, 2010
| Elizabeth Campbell
| Tagged as: Somalia
Tens of thousands of Somali refugees have sought asylum in Nairobi, Kenya. For almost two decades, many of these refugees have been successful entrepreneurs, building businesses that not only provide a living for their families but also sometimes employ members from the local Kenyan community. Far from being passive recipients of international humanitarian aid, many Somalis have been able to turn crumbling urban environments into centers of economic activity. Nowhere is this more evident than in Eastleigh or “Little Mogadishu,” a low-income commercial center just outside of Nairobi.
June 03, 2010
| Briana Orr
| Tagged as: About RI
From around the world and around the web this week:
After a shaky start, the Peace Jirga is underway in Kabul. Reuters provides live blogging.
Meanwhile, postcard images from 1950s Afghanistan take us back to a time when Kabul “had rock 'n' roll, not rockets.”
June 01, 2010
| Erin Weir
| Tagged as: Peacekeeping
Saturday May 29th marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, a day to recognize the efforts and the sacrifices made by multinational peacekeepers all over the world. The past 15 years have marked both an exponential increase in the number of missions and peacekeepers deployed, and an overwhelming transformation in the very nature of peacekeeping.
May 28, 2010
| Maureen Lynch
| Tagged as: Kuwait, Middle East, Statelessness
The Arabic word “bidoon,” meaning “without” and short for “bidoon jinsiya” (without citizenship), is used to denote longtime residents of Kuwait who are stateless and, according to government figures, presently number about 93,000. Lack of legal status impacts all areas of life for bidoon: their identity, family life, mental and physical health, residence, education, livelihood, political participation and freedom of movement.
