Fear, mockery, and amazement. All are looks that children with special needs, especially children with autism, are exposed to. Autism is a developmental disorder affecting communication and is the reason for an autistic child’s behavior that is different from other...
150 years ago, Jane Digby, the great English beauty, left her palace to live a love story in the Syrian desert. Jane Digby was married four times, including to Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria. Her love of travel took her to the East in 1852. In Syria, she fell in love with...
During the 19th century in England, it was illegal for women to study medicine. However, at this time, there was a girl named Margaret Ann Bulkley who broke this rule and became the first British woman to practice medicine. Margaret Ann Bulkley was born to a very poor...
Live from the VIP.fund news desk, bringing you the latest updates from our community around the globe! We’ll be sharing a monthly news bulletin summarizing the activities, stories and developments happening across our programs and locations. Why now? Over the past...
The love story of Al Mu’tamid Ibin Abbad and his wife Etemad Al Rumaikiyyah is one of the most romantic love stories in Andalusian history. Historians believe that Prince Mohammad Ibin Abbad first met Etemad Al-Rumaykiah, his wife, near a valley he was passing through...
Have you ever heard of someone who becomes angry about silly things such as faint noises, like the sound of breathing or eating? Many people get upset when they hear these sounds, and this condition is called misophonia or selective sound sensitivity syndrome....
Live from the VIP.fund news desk, bringing you the latest updates from our community across the globe! We’ll be sharing regular news bulletins summarizing the activities, stories, and developments happening across our programs and locations. Why now? Over the past...
“Dostoevsky said, “There are things we say to everyone, things we say to some people, and things that we do not say to anyone.” My meeting with the AMC fund was great because it gave me an opportunity to talk about my feelings and the things I love. In the beginning,...
Syrian poet Fakhri Al-Baroudi once mentioned in his diary that in 1898, the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his wife, Empress Augusta Victoria, visited Damascus. While traveling there, Empress was impressed with a white donkey that caught her eye and she asked the...
Wheat harvest season in the Syrian countryside is more than an end stage in an agricultural cycle, it is the time when people strengthen their relationships and get to know each other very well. Back in the 1970s, before the introduction of combine harvesters, farmers...