Emma Nicholson, the Baroness revolutionizing women’s rights
It’s amazing to think of the incredible impact Baroness Emma Nicholson has had on the lives of women worldwide. In 1991, Baroness Nicholson founded the AMAR International Charitable Foundation and she is also president of the Iraq Britain Business Council . Since 1991, AMAR have provided over 11 million medical consultations to communities impacted by con…
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Iraq pays salaries to over 2,000 Yazidi ISIS survivors
Over 2,000 Yazidi women who survived the Islamic State (ISIS) genocide a decade ago are receiving salaries from the Iraqi government under the Yazidi Survivors Law, enacted over three years ago, a federal official said on Sunday. “So far, 2,228 Yazidi girls and women receive salaries,” Sarab Ilias, head of the Yazidis affairs office at the Iraqi ministry o…
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Talking about Iraq, with Hussein Al-alak on Manchester radio
It was a pleasure to join Sile Martin on Radio Offbeat - on ALLFM - and talk about the AMAR International Charitable Foundation and the Iraqi Children Foundation (ICF) . Both AMAR and the ICF do incredible work with vulnerable communities across Iraq and it’s great that we can connect these experiences with people here in Manchester. Just this Summer, AM…
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Do you hear AMAR's Yazidi Choir sing?
“This music, it’s also a kind of affiliation of our religion,” says Mamou Othman, who studies music as psychotherapy at the University of Dohuk. “There are special songs that only the Yazidis sing.” AMAR’s Yazidi Choir has performed in the U.K for King Charles and AMAR has also recorded sacred Yazidi religious music, and given these to the University of O…
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AMAR’s Yazidi Choir release new music
Ten years ago, the world was introduced to Iraq’s Yazidi community as a consequence of the genocide by ISIS. The horrifying scenes from Mount Sinjar made the headlines world wide. But ten years later, survivor’s of that genocide are making headlines again but for a different reason. They have become global ambassadors for their community and that journey s…
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The power of words can rebuild lives
Back in 2019, the UK-based AMAR International Charitable Foundation published these photographs from their school for orphans in Basra, Iraq. Each image demonstrates how AMAR is making positive changes to the lives of Iraqi children, through the power of the written word. As Hussein Al-alak explains, AMAR's school for orphans was built in 2016 and up …
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AMAR's Yazidi choir hits the right note in Oxford
A women’s peace choir performed at three Oxford locations recently, as Jacob Manuschka explains. The AMAR Yazidi women's choir performed to full audiences at the Weston Bodleian Library, St Michael's Summertown, and lastly at Sommerville College. This was following on from events at Westminster Abbey and Windsor Cumberland Lodge. Following their …
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Help us take action for Iraq
As Summer approaches, across the UK there are going to be a series of 5K and 10K fun runs taking place. Can you help us by running for Iraq? Among the projects needing support are the AMAR Ashti Women's Choir , which is supported by the AMAR International Charitable Foundation, a British based charity. The choir has performed in the UK and AMAR has a…
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We Can Do It! Meet Emma Nicholson, the Baroness revolutionizing women’s rights
It’s amazing to think of the incredible impact Baroness Emma Nicholson has had on the lives of women worldwide. In 1991, Baroness Nicholson founded the AMAR International Charitable Foundation and she is also president of the Iraq Britain Business Council . Since 1991, AMAR have provided over 11 million medical consultations to communities impacted by conf…
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Reaching for the high note. IWD appeal for Iraq’s Yazidi choir
On March 8th, women around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). This year also has added meaning for Iraq’s Yazidi women, who will be marking 10 years since the Yazidi Genocide. An appeal has been launched to show solidarity with the AMAR Foundation’s Ashti Choir, which is made up of Yazidi survivors. The choir was founded in 2019 and…
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Stepping forward with the AMAR Foundation in Iraq
Since 1991, the AMAR International Charitable Foundation have been taking great steps towards a better future for everyone in Iraq. Their work with Iraq’s women and girls has also earned them recognition from international bodies which includes the World Health Organization. As AMAR’s founder Baroness Emma Nicholson once stated: “We have been working for …
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Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent
This is the AMAR Ashti (Peace) Choir, founded and led by Rana Sulaiman Halo. She has lived in the Khanke refugee camp in Iraq since 2014, and comes from a family of musicians. As Alice Fordham reported for NPR, with its dirt roads and dwellings, the camp can be a bleak place. But the beat of a daf, a drum sacred to Yazidis, throbs underneath loud, energeti…
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The AMAR Foundation gives new meaning to working with refugees
Have you ever seen ' Escape from ISIS ' on the UK's Channel 4? This Dispatches special from 2015 exposed the brutal regime suffered by millions of women living under Daesh. It also highlighted the extraordinary story of the underground networks of people who worked to save them. This is the AMAR Ashti (Peace) Choir, founded and led by Rana Sula…
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Alwaleed Philanthropies partner's with AMAR for the recovery of healthcare clinics in Iraq
Chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Alwaleed Philanthropies "Global" partnered with AMAR International Charitable Foundation , a charitable Foundation based in England and Wales, in a project for the recovery and operation of two primary healthcare clinics in Iraq. Alwaleed Philanthropies and AMAR are cooperating in …
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AMAR’s unique approach makes refugees welcome
Check out this video and listen to Baroness Emma Nicholson describe the incredible work of the AMAR Foundation . Baroness Nicholson also highlights the radical approaches used, to rebuild the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in Iraq. Since 1991, AMAR have been providing professional healthcare and educational services to individuals and families …
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By confronting the shadows of the past, AMAR builds for the future
For Iraqis around the world, the month of August brings back painful memories of 2014 when the Islamic State invaded and occupied large parts of the country’s territory. The month of August is also significant because it marks the anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide. When news broke of the Yazidi’s fleeing up Mount Sinjar, the international community sprang…
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It's the taking part that counts. Hussein Al-alak reflects on rebuilding lives
pictured is Hussein Al-alak and Tracy Hollowood on the Run Media City 5K in Salford for the AMAR International Charitable Foundation. You can contribute to AMAR’s ongoing work here . “I can’t believe it’s been 4 years, since I took part on Salford’s Run Media City with my good friend Tracy. It was also fabulous, to adorn our Thunderbirds costumes and promo…
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Circle Music invokes the “shorthand of emotion”
Check out this clip from Circle Music . Circle are also enthusiastic supporters of the AMAR Foundation and at one concert, Circle Music raised an amazing £2,000 for AMAR’s lifesaving work in Iraq. Circle Music is made up of some incredible UK artists and their tracks have been featured on both BBC Radio and Jazz FM. Their 2020 Christmas album was also li…
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For Iraq's Yazidis; where words fail, music speaks
This is the Ashti (Peace) Choir, founded and led by Rana Sulaiman Halo. She has lived in the Khanke refugee camp in Iraq since 2014, and comes from a family of musicians. As Alice Fordham reported for NPR, with its dirt roads and dwellings, the camp can be a bleak place. But the beat of a daf, a drum sacred to Yazidis, throbs underneath loud, energetic sin…
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“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world”
The Wood Street Mission’s Books Forever Appeal runs throughout the year. By collecting donations of books, Manchester’s Wood Street Mission distribute brand new books to children and young people through their Family Basics programme and school based Book Roadshows. The AMAR International Charitable Foundation also run the School for Orphans which is loc…
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