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Atallah Kuttab

Atallah Kuttab taight civil engineering at Birzeit University in the West Bank and has worked as a consultant with Save the Children Federation. He is the current Director General of Welfare Association for Arab Human Rights Fund.

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Dilemmas of Relief Work in Iraq

The allied attack on Iraq in January-February 1991, and the hardship inflicted on the civilian population, prompted many UN agencies and non-governmental organizations to mobilize relief efforts in the country. I spent seven weeks in May and June leading a relief team in southern Iraq. Relief work w

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