Keeping “AI” on the Refugee Crisis

Keeping “AI” on the Refugee Crisis

Keeping “A I” on the Refugee Crisis As a person and refugee who lived under the war for three years, I believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will open many educational doors. In Northern Syria, more than three million people live under brutal conditions, wondering...

My Experience Working with aiXplain

My Experience Working with aiXplain

A few months ago, I received an opportunity to work on the data verification program with aiXplain, an AI company. I worked on this program for 17 hours along with my two sisters, Sahar and Bushra Alallawi, and three edSeed students: Mansour Al Sayed Ahmad, Hanan...

The British princess who left her palace to live in the Syrian desert

The British princess who left her palace to live in the Syrian desert

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...

News of the Month

News of the Month

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...

Al Hakawati in Damascus

Al Hakawati in Damascus

Al Hakawati (The Storyteller). This title is well known to many Syrians, especially residents of Damascus, whose tradition it is to gather in cafes to listen to the stories narrated by ‘al hakawati.’ These were not just ordinary stories, but stories from history, such...

Bodies Die, Lives Remain

Bodies Die, Lives Remain

People leave this world but their souls remain among us, and we feel them through the gifts they left before they passed away. The gifts that Abdullatif Chakaki left were his children, who immortalized his memory through the fund they opened to help refugees complete...

Integrated but Segregated

Integrated but Segregated

Syrian Refugee Students’ Reflections of Space in Jordan’s Double-Shift Schools After experiencing disruption, pain, and unimaginable loss, Syrian children arrived in Jordan and desperately hoped to regain their childhood and be students, friends, and aspiring...