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Looking Beyond Good Intentions In the Syrian Refugee Case | Alia Taqieddin | TEDxWWU

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2018 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Alia is a second-generation Arab American, and a senior at WWU. She is a student of Community Health, and is currently completing an interdisciplinary concentration in Arab Diaspora Studies and Human Rights. Between September 2016 and June 2017, she lived and worked in central Athens alongside an international community during what has come to be known as the European Refugee Crisis. In the Spring of 2018, she will be teaching a Fairhaven course entitled “The Syrian Refugee Crisis” to continue exploring our communities’ roles in building safer systems for asylum seekers, as well as to understand how to support sustainable governmental policies that allow for the eventual return home. Alia is a second-generation Arab American, and a senior at WWU. She is a student of Community Health, and is currently completing an interdisciplinary concentration in Arab Diaspora Studies and Human Rights. Between September 2016 and June 2017, she lived and worked in central Athens alongside an international community during what has come to be known as the European Refugee Crisis. In the Spring of 2018, she will be teaching a Fairhaven course entitled “The Syrian Refugee Crisis” to continue exploring our communities’ roles in building safer systems for asylum seekers, as well as to understand how to support sustainable governmental policies that allow for the eventual return home. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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