Second Look: One Female, 2 Countries, A Tolerance Mission
Seldom we blog about Americans who were given an additional citizenships by marriage which they have gone with on their own-will. Karen is an American resident by birth with a naturalized Egyptian citizenship since 2001 and both of her youngsters bring double citizenships also. She dedicated to increasing both youngsters as Muslims while Karen accepts and complies with Protestant Christian techniques. Karen and also her spouse with their kids observe fasting throughout Ramadan as well as celebrations of all Islamic and also Christian vacations. A living tale of resistance between Christians and also Muslims through understanding of AllahÊ 1/4 s * (the maker) messages. Grad of Brown University with a BA in International Partnership consisting of Background as well as Political Science. In Egypt In November 2014, Karen and also her spouse traveled to Egypt, lugging two bags of contributed books to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Karen shared a discussion as well as tasks related to Hands Around the Collection to kids in the Manshiet Nasser neighborhood of Cairo during an after institution program run by the Egyptian Nebny Structure. Each kid received a copy of the book in Arabic (equated and also published by the Bachelor’s Degree). Karen collaborated with Lamia Abdel Fattah, Head of the Collection Sector, a two-day seminar on literacy and also informal education and learning, at the Bachelor’s Degree October 12 - 13, 2015. More than 650 people participated in from Egyptian NGOs, instructors, librarians and others, common tasks and teamed up on far better ways to improve the academic outlook for poor kids in Egypt. Karen is a life-long journalist and also writer - for radio, newspapers, magazines as well as currently childrenÊ 1/4 s books. Her first childrenÊ 1/4 s book - the acclaimed Hands Around the Library: Protecting EgyptÊ 1/4 s Cherished Books - was published in 2012 in English and also Arabic. It is the tale of militants that held hands around the collection in Alexandria, Egypt, to shield it from mischief-makers tossing rocks throughout the 2011 change. A new edition of KarenÊ 1/4 s image publication biography, Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words, will certainly be released in early 2019. Karen is an active advocate for consisting of people with impairments, specifically intellectual specials needs, in all of society. Karen is an energetic board member of Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sibling City Board as well as Co-Chair of Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Maryland, Virginia and also Washington, D.C. Chapter. In this ability, Karen is leading as well as promoting online discussions between sixth graders in Egypt as well as the U.S.A
. The Baltimore Luxor Alexandria (Egypt) Sibling City Board (baltimoreegypt.org) is assisting in on-line exchanges in between kids in Alexandria, Egypt, and the United States (Baltimore and also Arlington). Often the kids have real-time discussions using Skype or Google Hangout. This fundraising will help supply technical assistance - high quality microphones and speakers - but will certainly likewise allow us to utilize the protected Narrative Atlas platform provided by an additional not-for-profit company, MapWorks Discovering (mapworkslearning.org). Pupils will certainly be able to share artwork, essays and videos, produce video clips with each other and map their very own communities. At some point, they may work together to learn more about as well as resolve several of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (undp.org) “The greatest outcome of education and learning is tolerance.”
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