Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Prize Laureate 2011, journalist, activist and founder of Women Journalists Without Chains
Chair: Ginny Hill, Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House
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Articles
Syrian sanctions: What to do next? Article by Chris Doyle in Arab News, 25 November 2019
Syria Eight Years on by Chris Doyle 15 March 2019
Why set up a Syria Programme?
Caabu started a specific Syria programme in 2011 to highlight events in Syria, improve the understanding of the uprising and protests in the country, raise issues of human rights, and international law and the humanitarian situation.
It stems from the conviction that the situation in Syria poses a significant threat to the country, to the region and international peace and security.
Caabu's position on Syria
Joint Event with the Frontline Club, BBC Arabic, Caabu and the Independent Yemen Group
(This is part of the programme Caabu and the Independent Yemen Group are organising for Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Tawakkul Karman)
The uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa were a time when the 'revolutionary Arab woman' grabbed the attention of the western media.
Caabu’s Syria programme started in 2011 to highlight events in Syria, improve understanding of the uprising and protests in the country, raise issues of human rights, international law and the humanitarian situation. With media access to the country heavily restricted, Caabu’s Syria programme is especially crucial in informing parliamentary debate.
6:30pm, Tuesday, November 22
Committee Room Ten,
Houses of Parliament
Chair: Stephen Williams MP
All Welcome
Speaker: Mustafa Akyol
Caabu would like to offer its members the opportunity to attend an exclusive tour of the Royal Society’s ‘Arabick Roots’ exhibition, led by its Curator, Dr Rim Turkmani. Caabu was proud to be one of the supporters' of the Exhibition.
The award-winning Syrian pianist Riyad Nicolas performs a repetoire by contemporary Arab and Western composers in this special evening concert in the exquisite surroundings of Leighton House Museum.
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