by Kate Denereaz | Apr 30, 2020 | UK News
Yazidis displaced in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. They also face a mental health crisis that the pandemic threatens to make worse. Zaid, 31, has just heard the news that a resident of Darashakran camp in Erbil has been...
by Kate Denereaz | Apr 15, 2020 | UK Featured, UK News
Today is Serê Sal (New Year), an important festival in the Yazidi calendar. It marks the descent to earth of Tawsi Melek, God’s chief angel, and the revelation of Lalish, the serene temple complex in northern Iraq that is the centre of the faith. Yazidis paint eggs in...
by Kate Denereaz | Mar 5, 2019 | UK Featured, UK News
Work is a huge part of our lives. It provides security, meaning and a sense of belonging. It’s part of who we are. Many AMAR staff, like the people they serve, have been displaced by war and violence. Working for AMAR provides structure and a semblance of normality....
by Kate Denereaz | Feb 28, 2019 | UK News
Hundreds of AMAR patients have received specialist treatment from an award-winning London Consultant. Dr Laith Al Rubaiy, who was born in Iraq, volunteered to work in AMAR’s healthcare clinic near Basra in February. A consultant gastroenterologist, he is currently...
by Kate Denereaz | Nov 6, 2018 | UK News
AMAR has begun construction of a domestic-wastewater-purification system in the Mesopotamian Marshes, where all 30 houses in the village of Al Adhaima will be connected to the network. The project, which is being funded as part of The Coca-Cola Company’s global...
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