There have always been many challenges and difficulties that we face in our lives. All that we need in order to overcome these challenges and to build ourselves a better future is to make a brave decision. A brave decision that will shift your life from a life full of...
Keeping “A I” on the Refugee Crisis As a person and refugee who lived under the war for three years, I believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will open many educational doors. In Northern Syria, more than three million people live under brutal conditions, wondering...
A few months ago, I received an opportunity to work on the data verification program with aiXplain, an AI company. I worked on this program for 17 hours along with my two sisters, Sahar and Bushra Alallawi, and three edSeed students: Mansour Al Sayed Ahmad, Hanan...
150 years ago, Jane Digby, the great English beauty, left her palace to live a love story in the Syrian desert. Jane Digby was married four times, including to Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria. Her love of travel took her to the East in 1852. In Syria, she fell in love with...
Live from the VIP.fund news desk, bringing you the latest updates from our community around the globe! We’ll be sharing a monthly news bulletin summarizing the activities, stories and developments happening across our programs and locations. Why now? Over the past...
Al Hakawati (The Storyteller). This title is well known to many Syrians, especially residents of Damascus, whose tradition it is to gather in cafes to listen to the stories narrated by ‘al hakawati.’ These were not just ordinary stories, but stories from history, such...
People leave this world but their souls remain among us, and we feel them through the gifts they left before they passed away. The gifts that Abdullatif Chakaki left were his children, who immortalized his memory through the fund they opened to help refugees complete...
Syrian Refugee Students’ Reflections of Space in Jordan’s Double-Shift Schools After experiencing disruption, pain, and unimaginable loss, Syrian children arrived in Jordan and desperately hoped to regain their childhood and be students, friends, and aspiring...
Sadio Mane is one of the superstars on the Liverpool team. His presence and exploits have seen him by Jurgen Klopp’s side at the top of the Premier League table and they are on course to break their 30-year title jinx. Mane earns approximately 10.2 million dollars...
A Latin Drink in Syrian Lands You may wonder if someone asks you, what is a common tradition between someone in South America and another one curled up on the sofa in Homs city, Syria? Well, it is neither a Barcelona fan nor someone obsessed with Lionel Messi. It is...