/news-archive/tag/mouaz-moustafa/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:18:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/11/21/letters-hope-syria/ Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:18:06 +0000 /news/?p=68613 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock sends Letters of Hope to Syria]]> For sisters Taibah and Maisarah Alnadawi, having the opportunity to write letters of hope to the people of Syria was a small way to give back to the country that used to be their home.聽 鈥淚t means a lot that we can help in some way even though we are not there,鈥� said Taibah Alnadawi, a freshman double majoring in political science and international business. 鈥淚 spent most of my childhood in Syria. I still have family living there.鈥� University of Arkansas at Little Rock students, staff, and faculty wrote 鈥淟etters of Hope for Syria鈥� on Monday, Nov. 13, as part of International Celebration Week. The letters will be delivered to Syria by the, a Conway-based nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid to the people of Syria and sponsor a school and women鈥檚 center. Monnar Quattom, junior psychology major and president of the Student Muslim Association, was inspired to organize the letter-writing event after hearing Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, speak about his humanitarian efforts to help people in Syria during a Sept. 19 visit to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. 鈥淚 wanted 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to get involved,鈥� Quattom said. 鈥淚 want the people of Syria to know that the U.S. is not abandoning them. We have people everyday who are praying for this war to end.鈥� In her letter, Ashley Pearson, recruitment coordinator with the Office of Admissions, told the Syrian people that they are in her thoughts and prayers and to be hopeful for the future. 鈥淚 enjoy working with international students, and I think this is a great project to show unity and to give hope to the Syrian people,鈥� Pearson said. The Alnadawi sisters left Syria in 2009, but visited Syria in summer 2016. 鈥淓verything is pretty much destroyed, but there are still people living there trying to rebuild everything destroyed by the war,鈥� Taibah Alnadawi said. 鈥淎ll you see are ruined buildings. It basically looks like a desert now.鈥� In her letter to the Syrian people, Taibah Alnadawi encourages them to have patience. 鈥淚鈥檓 telling them that they will be fine as long as we show our support,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e are here for them, and we are sending as much love as we can.鈥� Meanwhile, her sister, Maisarah Alnadawi, junior engineering major, writes wishes of safety and peace for the people of Syria. 鈥淚 told them to stay safe out there and that I hope they have peace soon and that we are always there for them,鈥� she said. In the upper right photo,聽University of Arkansas at Little Rock students write Letters of Hope to Syria as part of International Celebration Week. Photo by Brittany Wright.]]> /news-archive/2017/08/22/red-lines/ Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:48:19 +0000 /news/?p=67697 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to host screening on Syrian Civil War, Q&A with Syrian activist Mouaz Moustafa]]> In coordination with, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Middle Eastern Studies Program will host a screening of the film, 鈥�,鈥� at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the Student Services Center Room 104. The movie follows two young Syrian activists, Mouaz Moustafa and Razan Shahab-al-Sham, who wish to bring democracy to their country during the deadly Syrian Civil War. It also discusses the growth of the Syrian Emergency Task Force during the early years of the Syrian Civil War. One of the activists featured in the documentary is Mouaz Moustafa, a Syrian-American who grew up in Arkansas and graduated from the University of Central Arkansas.聽He is the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, political director for United For a Free Syria, and a board member of the Coalition for a Democratic Syria. In the film鈥檚 synopsis, Moustafa is described as an activist who becomes a 鈥減rimary source for intel carrying dire implications.鈥� He struggles to find external support before the Syrian conflict spreads to neighboring countries and destabilizes the region. After the screening, Moustafa will discuss the course of the Syrian Civil War since the film鈥檚 release in 2014 and his continuing work with the Syrian Emergency Task Force, which he joined in 2011 to help advocate on behalf of the pro-democracy movement in Syria. The organization also raises awareness on the plight of the Syrian people inflicted through the ongoing civil war. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm at 501.683.7029 or ejwiebelhaus@ualr.edu. In the upper right photo,聽Razan Shahab-al-Sham (left) and Mouaz Moustafa (right) deliver mattresses and blankets to Syrian refugees taking shelter in Hacipasa, a village on the Turkish-Syrian border. Photo provided by Spark Media.聽]]>