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UNHCR Interview

Kimberly Schultz — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:02:41 +0000

Read a UNHCR interview with playwright/actress Kim Schultz about No Place Called Home.

‘No Place Called Home’ review in Star Ledger: A moving one-woman show re-creates the lives, losses, of Iraqi refugees

Megan Hoelle — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:25:45 +0000

Check out this review in the Star Ledger!

A Play About Iraqi Refugees Strives to Inspire Action, new piece in Huffington Post!

Megan Hoelle — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:00:34 +0000

Click here to read the article.

No Place Called Home featured in the New York Times

Megan Hoelle — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:51:04 +0000

Check out additional IVAP press!

Megan Hoelle — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:32:14 +0000

See what people are saying about No Place Called Home!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/2/907217/-No-Place-Called-HomeTheater-Production-On-Iraqi-Refugee-Stories

http://current.com/entertainment/music/92707917_iraqi-refugee-stories-heard-in-new-york.htm

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/143210-No-Place-Called-Home-An-Iraq-Inspired-Love-Story-to-Premiere-Off-Broadway

http://hoboken.patch.com/articles/iraqi-stories-come-to-hoboken-in-mile-square-theatre-show

http://www.diplomacyandpower.com/?tag=no-place-called-home

IVAP Artists Paul Emerson Talks About the Power of the Arts to Bring Change in the NY Times!

Megan Hoelle — Mon, 24 May 2010 14:38:22 +0000

IVAP Artists Paul Emerson talks about the power of the arts to transform in the NY Times

Intersections C. Eduardo Vargas in CNN and The Huffington Post

Megan Hoelle — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:19 +0000

On Sunday, March 7th Journalist Charity Tooze was published in the CNN AC360 news blog where she described the challenges Iraq faces in its second election since the U.S. lead invasion in 2003. On Saturday, March 6th she was also published in The Huffington Post and described the security issues facing displaced Iraqis. Tooze included an interview with Intersections International’s C. Eduardo Vargas.

Read full CNN and Huffington Post articles.

Politics3 Publishes “The Uncertain Future of Iraqi Refugees” by C. Eduardo Vargas

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:50:03 +0000

Intersections International’s C. Eduardo Vargas was published in Politics3 Friday, March 5. Vargas outlined the obstacles faced by Iraqi refugees including limited access to healthcare, employment, legal protection, education and local integration. To remedy these issues, Vargas outlines how the U.S. can have a more prominent leadership role in the crisis while strengthening the capacity of civil society.

Read the full article.

IVAP Journalist Kathryn Schulz writes on Iraqi Refugee Crisis for Foreign Policy

Megan Hoelle — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:47:59 +0000

IVAP Journalist Kathryn Schulz was published in Foreign Policy writing about the Iraqi Refguee Crisis in her article, Life In Hell. You can read the article here.

Wishes of the Sailor

Megan Hoelle — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:08:09 +0000

On December 8, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) hosted a special dance performance and discussion on the situation of Iraqi refugees. Intersections’ C. Eduardo Vargas was an invited panel discussant on Iraqi refugee issues, following a dance performance entitled Wishes of the Sailor by the Washington, DC-based contemporary dance company CityDance Ensemble.

CityDance Ensemble, and their Artistic Director and Co-Founder, Paul Gordon Emerson, presented an original work based on their experiences with the Iraqi refugee communities in Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria as part of the delegation of artists gathered by Intersections International’s Iraqi Voices Amplification Project (IVAP).

After the dance performance, Paul Emerson and Kathryn Pilkington—who also traveled with IVAP—joined C. Eduardo Vargas, Dr. Michel Gabaudan, Regional Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Christopher Morgan, City Dance’s Choreographer in a lively panel discussion concerning the motivation for the dance piece and the plight of Iraqi refugees.

Hosting the event were U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and Co-Chairman Congressman Alcee L. Hastings. This event that marked a new chapter in Intersections’ IVAP continued advocacy for Iraqi refugees, was held at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC.

Earlier that week, CityDance premiered Wishes of the Sailor in three sold-out performances at the Strathmore Center. Read an article about the dance in the Washington Post.