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What is World Refugee Day?

In line with World Refugee Day, the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) is organizing an event to highlight the daily suffering and challenges that refugees face inlight of the deteriorating living and economic conditions. Refugees suffer from a lack of access to basic social services, and they live in slums or camps that are not befitting of humanity.

CIS will contribute to the recognition of refugee conditions with the aim of supporting and advocating refugees around the world morally and humanely. This event is a plea for what refugees need around the world.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hbku.edu.qa/en/cis/maker-majlis

Speakers

June 20, 2021
  • Ms. Ayat Al Dewary

    UNHCR

  • Ms. Mandy Sanghera

    #KindnessMatters

  • Dr. Ayah Randall

    Doha institute For Graduate Studies

  • Khaled Khalifa

    UNHCR

  • Aiham Ismail Alsukhni

    Red Qatar Crescent

  • Fadi Iskandarani

    Orphan Care Federation

  • Mrs. Majed Chourbaji

    Basamat for Development

  • Hala Al-Hashlamoun

    Mateen

  • Alina Zaman Khan

    Qatra

  • Noora Al Thani

    Silatech


June 21, 2021
  • Ahmad Saeed Al-Rumaihi

    Qatar Charity

  • Gulshan Seglam

    Besme International Group for Humanitarian Assistance

  • Dr. Tariq Bakri

    Education above all

  • Dr. Mustafa Al Amin

    HBKU

  • Iman Ereiqat

    IOM

  • Amna Abdulhalim AL-Bader

    QFFD

  • Jordan Hattar

    Help4Refugees


June 22, 2021
  • Hmoud Alolimat

    Professor and Head of Social Work Program at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

  • Rania Mansour

    Associate Professor, Social work Program at doha institute for graduate studies

  • Hadi Farahani

    Ph.D. student at the doctoral program of “Welfare Health and Business Management” (WELMA)

  • Abdo Hsayan

  • Ghassan ElKahlout

    Head of the MA Program in Conflict Management and Humanitarian Action at the Doha Graduate Institute

  • Adnan Hammad

    President & CEO of Global Health Research, Management & Solutions

  • Mohamad Baobeid

    Executive Director of the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration in Canada (MRCSSI)

  • Stephanie Nawyn

    the Co-Director for Academic Programs at the Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen)

  • Aimee Ghanem

  • Hiba Shehab

  • Mohamad Al Barbari

  • Ahmad Helal

    Associate Professor of Evidence Social Work Informed Practice, Heed of Clinical Social Work Department.

  • Ayat Nashwan

    Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Yarmouk University, in Irbid, Jordan

  • Rachel Hagues

    Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

  • Ferdos Al Issa

    Ph.D. (2016) is in Mental Health and Psychological therapy from Ain Shams University in the Arab Republic of Egypt

  • Maha Ghazi

    International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) that based in Washington, D.C, a member of the Moroccan Observatory on Violence & extremism (OMEV), and a Ph.D

  • Sanaa Debsi

    Lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health – Hadath branch at The Lebanese University in Lebanon since 2015.

  • Wajiha Chehab

  • Khawla Khalaf

Agenda World Refugee Day

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June 20, 2021
10:00 - 10:10

Opening Session

Dr. Emad El-Din Shahin

HBKU

10:10 - 10:20

Opening Session

Ms. Ayat Al Dewary

UNHCR

10:20 - 10:30

Opening Session

Ms. Mandy Sanghera

#KindnessMatters

10:30 - 11:00

Palestinian Refugees Problem: Future Scenarios of Solution According to International Law

Dr. Ayah Randall

Doha institute For Graduate Studies

11:00 - 12:00

The importance of Islamic Philanthropy and the Refugee Zakat Fund

Khaled Khalifa

UNHCR

12:00 - 12:30

Humanitarian initiative to provide COVID-19 vaccines for the most vulnerable people April 2021 to April 2024 #IAmVaccinated_IDonated

Aiham Ismail Alsukhni

Red Qatar Crescent

12:30 - 13:30

Empowering Refugee Orphans and Families

Fadi Iskandarani

Orphan Care Federation

13:30 - 14:00

Education of Refugees in Times of Conflict

Mrs. Majed Chourbaji

Basamat for Development

14:00 - 14:30

BREAK

14:30 - 15:30

Education in Conflict Times: from the suffer to the achievement

Hala Al-Hashlamoun

Mateen

15:30 - 16:00

Qatra

Alina Zaman Khan

Qatra

16:00 - 17:00

Silatech

Noora Al Thani

Silatech

June 21, 2021
10:00 - 11:00

Refugee development projects - the Gaziantep model

Ahmad Saeed Al-Rumaihi

Qatar Charity

11:00 - 12:00

The Roadmap to Syrian Refugees' Repatriation (Safe/Voluntary) & Filed Report Presentation & Video briefing livelihood conditions and life testimony of Syrain Refugees in Lebanon.

Gulshan Seglam

Besme International Group for Humanitarian Assistance

12:00 - 12:30

BREAK

12:30 - 13:00

Realities and Challenges of Refugees education

Dr. Tariq Bakri

Education above all

13:00 - 13:30

Humanitarian Action in South Sudan: the case of Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS)

Dr. Mustafa Al Amin

HBKU

13:30 - 14:00

IOM's global role in the provision of humanitarian assistance to people on move

Iman Ereiqat

IOM

14:00 - 14:30

QFFD contribution to refugee to elevate refugee conditions in the most vulnerable countries

Amna Abdulhalim AL-Bader

QFFD

14:30 - 15:00

BREAK

15:00 - 16:00

An interactive discussion between the audience and two inspirational Syrian refugees living in Jordan.

Jordan Hattar

Help4Refugees

June 22, 2021
9:00 - 9:10

Opening Session

Hmoud Alolimat

Doha Institute For Graduate Studies

09:10 - 09:40

Role of social worker working with refugees: case of Lebanon

Rania Mansour

Doha Institute For Graduate Studies

09:40 - 10:20

Lived experiences of stateless Afghan refugees in Iran: Narratives of resilience and trauma growth

Hadi Farahani

University of Eastern Finland

10:20 - 10:50

Refugees serving Refugees: A lively eye from Syrian camps

Abdo Hsayan

Al Ihssan organization

10:50 - 11:20

Law and humanitarian work with refugees

Ghassan ElKahlout

Doha Institute For Graduate Studies

11:20 - 11:50

Poverty and unemployment among youth refugees in Jordan and the Role of social work

Hmoud Alolimat

Doha Institute For Graduate Studies

12:00 - 12:30

Break and praying time

12:30 - 13:00

Global Health Partnerships,: Strategies and Outcomes. The MENA Region Refugees and Emergency Experience

Adnan Hammad

Global Health research, management, and solutions

13:00 - 14:00

Innovative response to challenges facing Canadian social service agencies working with refugee families

Mohamad Baobeid

MRCCSI

14:00 - 14:30

What Are the Barriers to COVID-19 Safety Protocol Adherence in Refugee Humanitarian Interventions?

Stephanie Nawyn

Michigan State University

14:30 - 15:00

Q and A ( All speakers)

Aimee Ghanem, Hiba Shehab
Mohamad Al Barbari

Moderators

15:00 - 15:30

Break and praying time

15:30 - 17:15

Breakout room - Group 1

15:30 - 15:50

Trauma-informed social work practice within the refugee context

Ahmad Helal

Assyut University

15:50 - 16:10

Healing through Expression: How the Arts Transform the Experience of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Ayat Nashwan

Yarmouk University

16:10 - 16:40

Refugee Response in the United States: Politics, Faith, and Opportunities for Faith-Based Organizations

Rachel Hagues

Samford University

16:40 - 17:00

Refugees in their countries

Ferdos Al Issa

Bethlehem University

17:00 - 17:15

Q and A ( 4 speakers) Students prepare recommendations

Aimee Ghanem, Hiba Shehab
Mohamad Al Barbari
15:30 - 17:15

Breakout room - Group 2

15:30 - 16:00

Women and children left behind

Maha Ghazi

ICSVE

16:00 - 16:30

Social work Professional ethics within the refugee’s context

Sanaa Debsi

Lebanese University

16:30 - 16:45

A refugee hosted by an (imprisoned) refugee

Wajiha Chehab

Universite Libanaise

16:45 - 17:05

Role of social work in saving the original Identity of refugees in the host community

Khawla Khalaf

The National institution of Social Care and Vocational Training

17:05 - 17:15

Q and A ( 4 speakers) Students prepare recommendations

Aimee Ghanem, Hiba Shehab
Mohamad Al Barbari
17:15 - 17:30

Aimee Ghanem,
All Speakers – Teamwork outcomes Presentation – summary

Recommendations and closure