About the Speaker:

Rosemary Hollis is Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University London.

Press Release on Aleppo: Caabu Director calls for full ceasefire, monitoring and political process in Syria

Uniting for Peace in Syria: Global Civil Society Appeal to UN Member States

Caabu would like to invite you to an event:

Post-2014: Displaced Communities and the Challenges of Reconstruction in the Gaza Strip 

When: Wednesday 30 November, 13:00

Where: MBI Al Jaber Building, London Middle East Institute (LMEI), SOAS, 21 Russell Square, London 

Caabu would like to invite you to a film screening of Ambulance, a film about ambulance services in Gaz

Donald Trump needs Muslim friends to beat ISIS - Article on CNN by Chris Doyle

16 November 2016

On 12 October, Caabu hosted a parliamentary event with Christopher Phillips, academic and author of the recently published book The Battle for Syria: International Rivalry in the New Middle East.The event was chaired by Wes Streeting MP.

Caabu Parliamentary delegates from our two most recent delegations to the West Bank have asked questions on Palestinian child detainees, Palestinian home demolitions in Khan al Ahmar and illegal Israeli settlements. 

SNP MP Joanna Cherry QC, who visited in October 2016, raised the issue of Palestinian child detainees in Foreign Affairs Questions:

The case surrounding the confiscation of Syrian journalist Zaina Erhaim's passport by the UK Home Office has garnered significant Parliamentary engagement. On 22 September, Syrian journalist and critic of the Syrian regime, Zaina Erhaim had her passport taken from her at Heathrow airport.  She was told that this was because the Syrian government said that it was stolen.  

On 10 October, Caabu and the MBI Al Jaber Foundation hosted a joint event on the conflict in Yemen, with two journalists who have recently returned from the country, Peter Oborne and Nawal Al-Maghafi. The event was chaired by Paula Sherriff MP.