Syria’s Economy Cut in Half by Conflict

  Following the same vein I have in the past, the Syrian conflict has a great impact on the global society as well as just the region. Through an International Political Economic approach, one can analyze that Syria is in grave trouble for the future and its impact on the world will have a strong…

Recap of 2015 for Syrian children in viral images

In the event of the New Year, I came across this BBC article and would like to comment on it. The media has a wonderful way of spreading viral images, and has done so successfully for a few Syrian children this year. The girl who mistook a camera for a weapon When a camera is…

The Cost of Conflict for Children in Conflict– a video

Hello all, Today I watched a video from BBC which documented the enormous cost of the Middle Eastern conflict. The 60 second video for this article is here, but I would like to personally comment on just a few the mentioned facts: “5.1 million children are in need of emergency care” This statistic stuck with…

Inside Islamic State: ‘Under-age girls are in demand by IS fighters’

Hello everyone, today I would like to comment on an interview I listened to today, about women living under ISIS rule. Women are forced to marry the ISIS fighters, as one would assume from this environment, but now the fighters are demanding “Under-age girls”. Not only are the members of ISIS taking children away from…

Blog Audit

  Over the past few weeks, I have discussed, researched, and followed stories in relation to children in conflict countries. Overall, I would conclude that my posts have gone from open-ended questioning, to finding answers and plans for solving the themes I have studied. I think over the course of these past few weeks, I…

New education program for displaced Syrian children

As I have posted about before, education in the Middle East is a huge problem for the upcoming generation. The conflict in these regions has left as many as three million children displaced and unable to receive a proper education. The United Nations education agency, UNESCO, is looking to change this, and they have a…

Sacrifices of APS schoolchildren will not go to waste: Malala

I would like to briefly post about an article pertaining to Malala Yousafzai and her movement regarding children in Pakistan. To give a bit of background on Malala, she is a 17-year-old Pakistani activist for female education, and youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for humans rights advocacy for education and for women…

What ISIS Really Wants

My professor today sent us the link to this article, as to help the class understand ISIS a bit better. The fact in the matter is that most people, Americans especially, do not understand what this group wants. A history professor I have currently was talking about the group and said, “They are just horrible…