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☆ Cindy Ngamba: Refugee Olympic Team’s first medalist hopes to inspire millions
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Rosanne Roobeek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

I was able to meet new people, learn about myself a lot and travel around the world,” Ngamba added. The Refugee Olympic TeamThe Refugee Olympic Team gives forcibly displaced athletes an opportunity to participate on the highest sporting stage. The Refugee Olympic Team travel down the River Seine during the opening ceremony. Global refugee crisisNgamba’s bronze medal marks a significant moment for the Refugee Olympic Team and serves as an inspiration for millions of displaced people worldwide. The first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic Team symbolizes not only the resilience of Ngamba, but of all refugees striving for a better future.

Persons: Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba, Ngamba, ” Ngamba, Amanda Davies, I’ve, ” Yusra, ”, Markus Gilliar, GES Sportfoto, ” Mardini, “, GB’s Lewis Richardson, Jack, “ Lewis, Lewis Richardson, Luke Hales Organizations: CNN, Refugee Olympic, Boxing, “, Great Britain, The, Team, UNHCR Goodwill, Netflix, Olympic Team, Refugee Olympic Team, United Nations, Refugees, UNHCR, Olympics, Refugee Locations: Paris, Cameroon, United Kingdom, Great, “, Southport, England

☆ Inspired by Muhammad Ali, meet the judo star who fled civil war conscription in Syria and will now compete at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Rory Fleming | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“He was someone who stood up and said ‘no.’ To have that sort of strength was something that inspired me,” says Adnan Khankan ahead of his Olympic judo debut in Paris later this month. Ed Kolenovsky/APConscription into the Syrian Army“I didn’t see it as my war, how could it be when it was Syrian people killing other Syrian people? The Syrian Civil War, which initially broke out in 2011, is now considered the biggest humanitarian crisis since World War II. Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP“It really motivated me when I found out about the existence of a refugee team,” said Khankan. Adnan Khankan“The refugee team speak different languages, are different ethnicities, come from different cultures, but we are all one team competing together.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Muhammad Ali, Brown, ”, Ali, Adnan Khankan, Khankan, Bashar al, spiralled, ” Khankan, Ed Kolenovsky, Bashar Al, Assad, Diaa Al, “, ” Adnan Khankan, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Mardini, Yusra Mardini, Michael Kappeler, Marius Vizer, Adnan, “ Adnan, Vizer, Adnan Khankan “, I’ve Organizations: CNN, International Olympic Committee, Syrian Army, CNN Sport, Al, Free Syrian Army, Reuters, taekwondo, Getty, Rio Olympics, IOC, Rio, Tokyo, Japan, Judo, International Judo Federation, UNHCR, “, Olympic Locations: Vietnam, America, Paris, Cologne, Germany, Damascus, Syria, Houston, Arbeen, Ghouta, Tashkent, AFP, Turkey, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungarian, Cairo, Tokyo, Europe, Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, East, Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, Cuba

☆ US-Palestinian evacuees recount 'horror movie' of leaving Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Amina Ismail | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/5] Suzan Beseiso, a Palestinian holding a U.S. passport, waits for permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2023. Since then a trickle of relief has been trucked into Gaza and some evacuees have left, though the arrangement is fragile and was suspended on Saturday before resuming on Monday. When the family left their house in Gaza her grandmother started shouting that she didn't want to go, and Beseiso had to plead with her. Born in Gaza but also holding U.S. citizenship, she acquired some land next to her house in 2005 where she grew olive, lemon and palm trees. "I hope people go to my house and take the dates and olives, so they don't go to waste."

Persons: Abu, Tell, Suzan Beseiso, Beseiso, Jana Timraz, Yusra Batniji, Youssef, Amina Ismail, Aidan Lewis, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, Rafah, Egypt, CAIRO, Cairo, U.S, United States, Qatar, Sinai, Jaffa

☆ Public and Private Lives, Playing Out in Four Sultry Romance Novels
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Olivia Waite | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An emotional reactionary, he was bumping right up against the on-page shenanigans limit for me. But he was her coward.” This line changes nothing except the reader’s perspective — but that perspective is all-important. Bashir might have the money — and the yachts, and the hotels — but the book gives Yusra the right of claiming. Lily Chu’s two most recent books, last year’s THE STAND-IN (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 384 pp. paperback, $14.99) and THE COMEBACK (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 400 pp., paperback, $16.99), also star wealthy heroes, but here, the heroines are the ones who are up to shenanigans.

Persons: Bashir, He’s, Yusra, Lily Chu’s, Sourcebooks Locations: Casablanca, Sourcebooks Casablanca

☆ Two local officials in northeast Syria killed by Turkish drone, Kurdish authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

QAMISHLI, Syria, June 20 (Reuters) - Two local civilian officials and their driver were killed in Syria's Kurdish-run northeast on Tuesday when their car was targeted by a Turkish drone strike, regional Kurdish authorities said. Kurdish medical sources and a security source said a Turkish drone had targeted their car in the village of Tal Shaeer in northeast Syria. It named the figure as Ridvan Ulugana and said he had been active in operations targeting the Turkish military. It did not say that any civilians were killed, or mention Tal Shaeer. (This story has been corrected to fix Chamoun's first name and job title in paragraph 2)Reporting by Orhan Qereman in Qamishli, Syria; Daren Butler and Huseyin Hayatsever in Turkey; writing by Maya Gebeily; editing by Mark HeinrichOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Yusra Darwish, Liman Shawish, Gabriel Chamoun, Tal Rifaat, Tal Shaeer, Ulugana, Orhan Qereman, Daren Butler, Huseyin Hayatsever, Maya Gebeily, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: MIT, Turkish, Kurdistan Workers ' Party, European Union, Syrian Democratic Forces, Islamic, Thomson Locations: QAMISHLI, Syria, Turkish, Kurdish, Qamishli, Tal Shaeer, Tal, Turkey, Syria's, Ankara, United States, Islamic State

Prince Mohammed was not seen at the match but had been front and centre at the tournament opening on Sunday. It was also a sweet moment for host Qatar, facing intense criticism over human rights in the conservative Muslim country. "The fact that the World Cup is in Qatar and we're Arabs - it gives us a lot of energy and excitement." TOLERANCEBefore the match kicked off, the issue of tolerance arose at a news conference between Qatar's foreign minister and his American counterpart. The Gulf Arab state, which denies discrimination and points to labour reforms enacted, welcomes everyone, its Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said.

☆ Ultimul moștenitor al tronului Imperiului Otoman a murit la vârsta de 90 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-19 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, ultimul moștenitor al tronului fostului Imperiu Otoman, a murit luni, la vârsta de 90 de ani, a anunțat familia lui, transmite digi24.ro. "Tată al familiei și al dinastiei otomane, unchiul nostru, Prințul Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, a murit în Damasc, Siria", a scris pe Twitter Orhan Osman, un membru al familiei. Soția lui, Yusra Osmanoglu, a murit în 2017. Fiind cel mai vârstic, Osmanoglu a devenit liderul familiei de descendenți, după moartea lui Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, nepotul Sultanului Abdulmecid I, în 2017. Fratele lui Dundar Abdulkerim Osmanoglu, Harun, s-a întors în Turcia în 1974 și a devenit acum noul lider al familiei otomane.

Persons: Dundar Abdulkerim, Dundar, Twitter Orhan Osman, Osmanoglu, Mehmet Selim Efendi, Abdulhamid, - lea, căruie, Osman Bayezid Osmanoglu, Abdulmecid I, Mehmed Abdulkerim Efendi, Harun Locations: Imperiu Otoman, Damasc, Siria, Turcia, otoman, Beirut, Liban

„Tatăl familiei noastre și al dinastiei otomane, unchiul nostru prințul Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu a murit în Damasc, Siria ", a declarat Orhan Osmanoğlu, un membru al familiei prin intermediul Twitter. Soția sa Yüsra Osmanoğlu a murit în 2017. Descendenții dinastiei otomane care locuiau în Turcia au încercat de multe ori să-l aducă din Siria pe mebrul dinastiei otomane, care a întrerupt legăturile cu Turcia pe fondul războiului în curs. Harun, fratele lui Dündar Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu, s-a întors în Turcia în 1974 și a locuit la Istanbul. Harun Osmanoğlu, în vârstă de optzeci și opt de ani, va fi acum noul lider al familiei otomane.

Persons: Osmanoğlu, Orhan Osmanoğlu, İnna, Osmanli, Efendi, Makamı, DUALARINIZI, Mehmet Selim Efendi, Abdülhamid, - lea, Osman Bayezid, Ibrahim Tevfik, Abdülmecid I, Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi, Harun, Dündar, Harun Osmanoğlu Locations: Damasc, Siria, Turcia, mebrul, otoman, Imperiului Otoman, Beirut, Liban, Istanbul

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