A Promise Across the Atlantic. Growing up in an Arab culture, I learned that Arab geographers called the Atlantic “the Sea ofDarkness” – bahr al Thouloumat. Little I knew it would be the source of a spark that lit theflame of hope inside me. I have always wondered...
The city of Damascus is famous for its unique type of fabric, called brocade, which Damascus was famous for three thousand years ago. It takes ten hours to make one meter of damask because of the delicate, complex patterns and attention to detail. Brocade is an...
“He found a glimmer of hope in the ruins of disaster…” ~ Gabriel Garcia Márquez / Love in the Time of Cholera
Snapshot from meetingProject Turquoise team in Zaatari campProject Turquoise Youth with Zataari Camp YouthSnapshot from the meeting A few years ago, a group of youth and their families traveled from DC to Jordan and visited Zaatari camp. They met with youth their age,...
Donate to the Project Turquoise Education Fund and support more edSeed scholars in realizing their dreams of a college degree Donate edSeed and Project Turquoise are on a journey together. This partnership celebrates youth enabling and empowering one another to...
The Estebar and Wajih Barazi Fund was established by their daughter Mai Barazi in 2018.
The Barazi Fund supports Syrian students in achieving higher education so they can create a brighter future to Syria.
For youth impacted by conflict, a degree is the gateway to self-reliance. It is all they dream of! In 2015, the Institute of International Education (IIE) estimated, based on the pre-war gross enrollment ratio, that 450,000 university-aged Syrian students were...
Why I Wrote My Book: “Bed Without a Homeland”
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