Tag: Darfur
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Nation & World
‘From nowhere to somewhere’
After surviving the slaughter in Darfur, Guy Josif Adam finds his way to Harvard Extension School with dreams of harnessing his education to transform Darfur and the wider turbulent region.
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Nation & World
Reclaiming their future
The first visiting scholar for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative examines the reforms needed to drive human development in the Middle East.
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Nation & World
Simulating chaos to teach order
A troubled piece of Africa came to North Andover, Mass., last weekend (April 24-26) as more than 50 students from a collaborative, three-university humanitarian program took part in a hands-on outdoor field course that simulated an emergency on the border between Chad and Sudan’s troubled Darfur region.
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Nation & World
Panel looks at ‘the crime of all crimes’
On Dec. 9, 1948, the United Nations adopted a convention that for the first time in history provided a legal definition for genocide. Organized mass murder with the intention of destroying an ethnic or national group, a legacy of World War II, was still a fresh world memory — just as it is fresh today,…
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Nation & World
Images of terror through the eyes of children
Basma was 8 when Janjaweed fighters on horseback swept into her village in the Darfur region of Sudan. Above them, helicopter gunships joined in the attack.
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Nation & World
Nasredeen Abdulbari: ‘Lawyers are the cement of society.’
Nasredeen Abdulbari identifies no particular “aha!” moment when he knew what his life’s work would be.
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Nation & World
‘Witness to Darfur’ to bring awareness to Sanders Theatre
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra and Harvard Extension School will co-present “Witness to Darfur,” a unique evening of dialogue, film, and music, in Sanders Theatre on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. The two-hour program aims to draw attention to the tragic events in Sudan, while acknowledging the work of organizations and individuals who are committed to…
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Nation & World
Powerful documentary on genocide screened at Kennedy School
Those who loudly refused to let the world turn a blind eye or feign helplessness as genocides ravaged millions of lives this century and last are sometimes dubbed “screamers.” The Harvard community got an earful Monday evening (Feb. 5) from an unlikely quartet of modern screamers – the chart-topping, earsplitting heavy metal band System of…
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Nation & World
Statement by Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) Regarding Stock in PetroChina Company Limited
We are announcing today (April 4, 2005) the Harvard Corporation’s decision to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to divest itself of stock held by HMC in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina).